'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎221] (236/1050)

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Name.
•
Position.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
RemarKs.
Haisi ,.
Apparently a few
miles to the north of
Dqa^ah, on a line of
drainage coming
down from Safur-
rah.
A Qasr containing
4 families of
Dawasir of the
Wida'in division.
Inhabited all the year
round.
Hizwah
Adjoins Sidus or
forms part of it.
About 25 houses, viz.
6 of Sabai', 10 of
Bani Tamim and 8
of inferior tribes^
The agriculture is the
same as that of Sidiis.
Jarinah or
Qarlnah
Apparently between
Haraimlah and Mal
ham, considerably
nearer to the former.
240 houses, wz., 160
of Dawasir, 40 of
Fadhul and 40 of
inferior tribes.
There are many dates
and all the other fruit
trees and usual crops of
the district. Water
stands in the wells ordi
narily at 8 fathoms, but
falls in time of drought
to 18.
Mahriqah
A few miles below
Dqalah, on the
drainage hollow
which runs thence
to Khafs ; it is just
below the main
range of Tuwaiq
on the east side.
35 houses, viz., 20 of
Bani Tamim and
15 of Fadhul.
Date palms number 3,000
and there are also
citroms, grapes and figs.
Crops are barley, wheat,
water melons and musk
melons, but lucerne is not
cultivated. Irrigation is
from wells, 5 fathoms
deep, which become
considerably deeper in
time of drought.
Malham
At the foot of the
chief range of Jabal
Tuwaiq on its east
side probably about
15 miles north-east
of Haraimlah.
About 300 and
houses, viz., 6 of
Dawasir, 20 of
Fadhul, 30 of
'Anazah of the
Harqan section, 8
of Sabai' of the
A1 Bin Kashid sec
tion, 4 of Bani
KhSlid of the
Qammaz section, 3
of Sahul of the A1
Sulaiman section;
also 150 houses of
mixed tribes and
the following (in
cluded under the
common denomina
tion of Bani Khad-
The date groves are
considerable andgrapes,
figs and pomegrantes
grow, butnot in profu
sion. The supply of
water for irrigation and
other purposes is from
wells which vary in
depth, according to
rainfall, between 8 and
18 fathoms. Water lifts
are worked by camels,
buffaloes and donkeys.
The cultivated area is
described as about 8
times that of Jahrah in
Kuwait territory.
The Imarat or head
ship of the village