'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1521] (594/688)

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Qatif Town
Qudaih
Safwa
QATIF
1521
On the coast of
Eastern Arabia
about 230 miles
south-east by south
of Kuwait Town
and 36 miles north
west by west of the
nearest part of
Bahrain Island.
2J miles north-
north-west of
Qatif Town and
li miles inland
from the coast.
Nature
and
inhabitants.
8 miles north by
west of Qatif
Town and three
miles inland from
the sea.
SUhak (Umm-as-)
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2 miles west of
Safwa.
A large walled village
of 350 houses of
Baharinah. About
J of the habitations
are date-stick huts
outside the walls ;
the remainder, with
in, are partly huts
and partly stone
and lime houses.
A large walled village
of 350 houses of
Baharinah ; inside
the wall they are
partly houses of
mud and stone and
partly huts, outside
they are all huts.
A village of 60
houses : the people
are a mixed lot,
both Shi'ahs and
Sunnis.
Remarks.
See article on Qatif
Town.
The lands of this
village are watered
by the Jauhariyah,
SadrTyah and Umm-
al-Majalis springs.
The inhabitants own
10 pearl boats.
This is the northern
most village in
the oasis and stands
at the west end of
a detached block of
cultivation which is
separated by an inter
val of two or three
miles from that of
'Awamlyah to the
southwards. Springs
are Darush, the
finest in the oasis,
and 'Atiqah. Some
of the inhabitants are
pearl divers.
Umm-as-Sahak stands
in a small detached
area of cultivation
of its own. It was
founded about 1902
by the Shaikh of the
Bani Khalid.
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