'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1556] (635/688)

1556 RAI—RAK
The soundings Measurements of the depth of a body of water. off Raidah are deep, with no safe anchorage, there being a depth of
20 fathoms within 2^ cables of the beach. Opposite the village and close to the shore
is a deep hole, probably an ancient crater, with from 120 to 125 fathoms and with
from 20 to 40 fathoms round it.
RAIDAT-AD-DIX (W adi)—
A valley in Hadhramaut draining into Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. 'Amd.
RAIDUN ( ob Q ubbak-al -M ttluk )—
A collection of ruins, in Hadhramaut, now almost engulfed in sand, situated near
the village of Hajrain, in the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Kesr. See article Hajrain.
RAIKHUT (W adi)—
A valley meeting the sea 12 miles north of Ras Nus, on the south -eastern coast of
'Oman {q. v.).
RAIKCT (W adi)—
A valley in the Dhufar district (q. v.) of southern Arabia.
RAIMAH (J abal)—
A large mountain mass in Yemen lying to the south of the Hodaidah -Sana'a road,
and 12 or 14 miles south of Hajailah. Jabal Raimah lies immediately to the east of
Jabal Bura'a from which it is separated by a narrow valley. It rises to a height of
over 6,000 feet.
RAISH (A b)—
One of the tribes of 'Asir {q. v.).
RAIYA (R as)—
The northernmost point of Muharraq Island (q. v.), Bahrain archipelago, Persian
Gulf. A cultivated patch called Raiya exists near this cape.
RAIYAFAH (R as ab)—
A cape on the island of Abu 'Ali {q. v.), in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
RAIYAN—
Ghul and Raiyan are two hills in Hejaz, close to Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Laimun and about a day's
journey northward of Mecca. '
RAJAIBAH (N ahb)—■
One of the mvqata'ahs of Jazirah {q.v.), a district on the right bank of the Tigris a short
distance below Baghdad. '
RAJAIBlT—
A section of the Sharifat tribe {q. v.).
RAJ AIJ lY AH—
A hamlet and date plantations in Aflaj [q. v.), in southern Najd.
RAJlBAH—
h Activated tract on a branch of the 'Abd 'AuniySt canal in 'Iraq; see Shatt-ai-
RAK—
One of the external valleys of Jabal Salmah [q. v.), in Jabal Shammar.
RAK (W adi)—
A left bank tributary of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mansah (q. v.), in the Sultanate of 'Oman
RAK-AL-HAJJI—
A great detached reef in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Halat-al -Mubarraz.