'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1485] (558/688)

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Name.
Subaih
Subakh
Suwair
Ta'aaavyah
Tanumah
Tarfiyah
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
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Position.
About 20 miles north
west of Rass.
Immediately adjoin
ing Buraidah, on
the south side.
East of Buraidah, at
the south end of
Rafi 'ah.
15 or 20 miles east
wards of 'Anaizah
and Buraidah.
Apparently between
Ain Ibn-Fahaid and
Tarfiyah.
15 miles north-north
east of Buraidah.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
Remabks.
35 mud houses
Harb.
of
On the right bank
and scattered in the
bed of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -ar-
Rummah, about 3
miles north of
'Anaizah.
No permanent habi
tations, but Burai
dah people encamp
here for coolness in
summer.
15 houses scattered
in date gardens.
40 houses and towers
of 'Anizah and
Mutair.
30 houses said to be
of Shammar.
35 houses of mixed
Arabs.
100 houses of ser
vants and cultivat
ors from 'Anaizah,
mostly Sabai'.
There are a few dates
and corn is grown.
Water is 10 fathoms
from the surface and
sweet. Harb Bedouins
encamp here when
there is pasture.
There are a great num
ber of wells, 7 to 8
fathoms deep, of
good water.
Wheat and barley and
a few dates are grown ;
water is brackish.
No dates, but wheat and
maize are grown.
The village is walled and
surrounded by date
groves irrigated from
springs and wells.
Wheat, barley; and
millet are grown.
Formerly a considerable
place but ruined by the
deterioration of the
wells, only one of which
now yields drinkable
water. Water is at 6
fathoms. There are
still a few dates, and
corn is grown. The
inhabitants bring grass
and firewood for sale
to Buraidah Tarfiyah
is on the route from
Kuwait to Makkab;
supplies are very
scanty.
Water here is only about
1 fathom below ground.
The inhabitants tend
the palms of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -ar-
Rummah and in the
off seasons many of
them live in 'Anaizah
town. Janah above
is perhaps only a part
of this settlement.