'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1573] (652/688)

EIS—RIY
1573
On
Houses
Name.
Position.
which
and inhabit
-
R emarks.
bank.
ants.
Jafnain
3 miles below Ma-
rairat.
Left
10 houses
Siyabiyin.
of
Watered by a Falaj.
Lucerne is grown
and there are 200
dates ; animals are
4 donkeys and 40
2 miles below Jaf
nain.
sheep and goats.
Risail
Right ..
10 houses
Siyabiyin.
of
There is cultivation
of lucerne and in
digo, irrigated from
a Palaj. Date palms
number 200; ani
mals are 6 donkeys,
4 cattle and 100
sheep and goats.
Mawalikh ..
7 miles below
Risail, on the sea.
Do. ..
40 houses
Qawasim One of the ruling families of the United Arab Emirates; also used to refer to a confederation of seafaring Arabs led by the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. .
of
Lucerne is grown and
there are 800 date
palms. Livestock
are 10 camels, 6
donkeys, 20 cattle
and 200 sheep and
goats.
The settled population of the valley is thus about 300 souls.
There is water in the valley, but the flow is not constant. At Risail the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
receives a tributary called Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Jaba, which comes down from the west end of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Boshar.
RISHA (W adi)—
The name by which Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -ar-Rummah {q. v.) is known from its commencement down
to the point where it enteis Qasim.
RlSHAH (A l BU)—
One of the rural tribes of Iraq {q. v.).
RISHDAN (A l)—
One of the Masa'irah clans of the Dawasir tribe {q. v.); see Al Braik division.
RISSAH—
Or Bu Mubasili; a hamlet in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Saijani {q. v.) in the Eastern Hajar District of the
'Oman Sultanate.
RISSAH—
The name of the two quite distinct hamlets in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Samail {q. v.), in the Sultanate of
'Oman.
RISUT—-
A bay, with a promontory of the same name on the south side of it, and a village
at the extreme western end of Dhufar Proper, southern Arabia. See Dhufar District.
RIYADH—
The most important town in southern Najd, central Arabia ; it is nearly 2,000 miles
south-east of 'Anaizah in QasTm and the same distance west-south-west from Hofuf,
in Hasa. The name Riyadh is the plural of Raudhah, meaning not only a garden
but any moist hollow in which vegetation grows. From being merely the centre of
Wahhabi influence it has become the seat of government of 'Abdul 'Aziz-as-Sa'ud
and the capital of the vast dominions over which he now holds sway.
Riyadh and its environs lie in a depression which is about 100 feet below the
surrounding country, with a length from north to south of about two miles. At its