'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1519] (592/688)

QATlF
1519
Name.
Position.
JarSri
Jarudiyah
200 yards west of
Bab-ash-Shamal.
2.J- miles west-south
west of Qatif Town.
Jishsh
Kawaikib
4 miles south of
Qatif Town and 3
miles from the
sea.
At the south end of
the Qatif Town
bazaar, about £ of
a mile south of
the Kut and the
same inland from
the sea.
Nature
and
inhabitants.
An unwalled hamlet
of 40 houses of
Baharinah, mostly
huts of date sticks.
A walled village of
150 houses , of Ba-
barinah ; most are
of stone and mud,
but a few are huts.
Some of the houses
are outside the vil
lage wall.
A walled village of
250 houses of Ba
harinah ; some are
of stone and mud,
and a number of
them are without
the wall.
A walled village of
250 houses of Ba
harinah, most of
stone and lime, but
some of them huts.
Remarks.
and of a village, which
was occupied by
Rahmah's Al Bu
Samait and Sulu-
tah followers, are
visible on the adjoin
ing shore. The old
guns still lie neglect
ed in their former
positions. There are
no date gardens.
The channels through
the reef by which
native boats approach
the place are shallow
and probably not
practicable except at
high water.
A suburb of Qatif
Town. The inhabit
ants are date grow
ers and potters.
The lands are watered
by the Saddain
spring which rises
inside the village itself.
This village has 3 fine
springs near a mos
que outside the wall
on the east side: it
also receives water
from the Ka'abah
spring.
Pronounced Chawai-
chib. The place is
a suburb of Qatif
Town, and the in
habitants are date-
growers, shop-keepers
and pearl-divers; they
possess 5 pearl boats.