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QAS-QAT
QASR-ASH-SHARQI—
A fort in the Hasa oasis (g. v.), in eastern Arabia; it was formerly occupied by the
Turkish garrison.
QASRA—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Fara' {q. v.), in the Sultanate of 'Oman.
QASSAR BU KHINN—
A well-known rock in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. about 5 miles to the east of Ras Ijla', in
Dhafrah, Trucial 'Oman.
QASSARAIN—
Two rocky islets off the island of Sitrah {q. v.), in the Bahrain archipelago, Persian
Gulf.
QASSARI—
Pronounced Gassari; two large springs of good water in Bahrain Island {q. v.).
QASWAN—
Some wells in the low hills called Dula'-al-Mi'aijil {q. v.) in the Kuwait Principality.
QATA'AH—
A date plantation and a summer resort for date owners in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Shab (q. v.), in the
Eastern Ha jar district of the 'Oman Sultanate.
QAT'AH (A l)—
See Gat'ah, Shatt-al-'Arab.
QA'TABAH—
A town in Southern Yemen, half a mile from the boundary of the Aden Protectorate
and situated about 107 miles beyond north-north-westward from Aden and 12 miles
northward from Dhali'. The town is built on a rise in the plain at the foot of the
western slopes of Jabal Marais, about 2 miles north-east of the Amiri village of Sanah
and consists of a few stone dars and many mud hovels huddled closely together. The
houses on the outer perimeter have evidently been joined by a high mud wall which
surrounded the town. This wall now stands on the south side only and has been broken
down on the north-east. The population consists of Arabs, Jews, and Turkish half-
castes, and may aggregate 1,500 souls. The water-supply is derived from 7 principal wells,
• 7n!!o 5 a 1 re l m the waterco urse south of the town, one in the town itself reported dry
m 1903, and the remaining one called Bir Ziriyah, J of a mile south of the town,
in British territory. The water is good and abundant.
Forage and local supplies arc plentiful and market is held twice a week. There is
cul ivation in the water course but elsewhere the ground is scrub and rocks. There
is one large white mosque in the town, but the principal building is a large, flat-roofed,
three-storeyed stone built house, situated on the east side of the town and used as
a court-house by the Turks.
The fort lies on the same level as the town, J a mile due north-west of it; they are
connected by a bad road which is merely a camel track. The fort is built on a small
oncy p a ^au, which ends in an undulating and in places very broken plain on the west
ao v! 3 on r ! Ct f n ^ U ! ar buildin g' 40 y ards by 15 yards, with a stone building
w + I f runnin g at ri g ht angles to it on the west side. The fort
affprf^ 0 S ? V ^ S f 6 . W ^h good stone walls 10 feet high, the upper, apparently an
tw K w 0 - mU ^ , lDwer wal1 of the fort and barrack are loopholed.
i™" "t thro ughout of stone, with a flat roof and a wall 3 feet high on
The fort the; 0 ^ ho ^ two sides of a rectangle with the north will of
not nlapprl in^a ctofo" 1 * irr y 0 i mu( ? and are a PP aren tly used for stores. They are
of the fort 60 6 01100 a ar6 a ru ^ nous condition as is also the upper storey
Jg» W briK i Ma n ra i i S COmmanded by ' W0 hmS ^ '• 000 ^ ^
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