'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1594] (673/688)

EUCS-AL-JIBiL
Name.
Position.
Nature.
R emarks.
Sawik
Shabus (Ghubbat)
2 miles west-north
west of Musandam
island.
Sham
Immediately
of Ghubbat
zirah.
north
Gha-
Precipitous islet, 460
feet high.
A considerable bay
running inland 4
miles and turning
north as it goes.
Sham (Khor-ash)
Sharlh
On the north shore
of Khor-ash-Sham,
opposite to Maqlab
bay on the south
side.
Shariyat
Shisah (Dohat).
Between Haffah and
the 'Aqabah cove,
in Dohat Sharih
or Shajah.
In Dohat Shisah ..
Village of 25 houses
of Dhahuriyin.
On the east coast,
between Musan
dam island and
Ghubbat Shabus.
Village of 20 houses.
3 or 4 adjoining
places, each called
Shariyah.
Inlet 4.| miles wide
at the entrance and
5} miles in diameter
within ; its foot is
It is similar in size
and appearance to
Salamah. In charts
called " Tawakkul."
On the north side of
the bay is the village
of Muntaf already
described, and at the
south-west corner is a
village called Shabus
or Balad, consisting
of 20 houses of Dhah
uriyin, who have 4
fishing boats. On
the south side of the
bay is a place Sawaj-
rat where there was
formerly one house
of Dhahuriyin, but
it is now deserted.
Ghubbat Shabus would
afford shelter to small
craft.
This is an alternative
settlement to Qanah
where water is scarce.
The people remove
from Qanah to Sham
in autumn and return
to Qanah as soon as
rain falls.
See article
Sham.
Khor-ash-
Occupied by Shihuh of
the Bani Shatair sec
tion.
These rare fish-drying
grounds. There are no
permanent inhabit
ants, but wandering
fishermen of the Bani
Shatair section of the
Shihuh resort to
them.
On the south-west side
of the inlet, on the
isthmus dividing it
from Khor-ash -Sham