'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎717] (772/1050)

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HALLAT 'AMMAR—
See Qal'at-al-Mudawwarah.
HALQ-AR-RI'—
A camping ground at the end of a valley, on the Hail-Al Madinah route, and 89 miles
from the latter place.— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetter, 1908.)
HALQUM ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. )—
One of the external valleys of Jabal Salmah {q, v.), in northern central Arabia.
HALUL (Island)—
An island in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , about 61 miles east-north-est of Dohah, in Qatar. It is
about a mile in diameter and consists partly of hills, of which one peak rises to about
180 feet; but a considerable portion of its surface is fairly level. There is no fresh water,*
nor is there grazing even after rain, but some of the fishing grounds in the vicinity are
excellent, and the island itself is a favourite breeding place for terns, and yield large
quantities of their eggs in the season. Pearl boats call here, and fishing vessels
take refuge under the lee of Halul in shamals. The best anchorage is on the south
eastern side in 8 fathoms, 5 cables off-shore, but there is a considerable swell round the
island in a shamal. There is a good landing-place in a gap in the low cliff to the left of
a small, sandy beach on the south-eastern side. The island is surrounded by a fringe of
pearl banks, and about 16 miles north by east of it is a detached pearl bank known as
Najwat-bin-Hilal, or Riqqat Halul. An intermittent spring of bitumen exists under
the sea in the neighbourhood of Halul; but its exact position is uncertain. The island
of Halul belongs to the principality of Abu Dhabi.
HlLUL (Riqqat)—
See Najwat Bin Hilal.
halwan—
A hill to the west of the range of hills of the same name {q. v.) and to the north of
the Taima-Hail route, and some 30 miles from Taima.— {Huher, 1884.)
halwan—
See Qatar ; interior of.
HALWAN (Jabal)-—
A range of hills at the southern edge of the great Nafud, and astride the Taima-Hail
route. It forms the western boundary of Al-Qamrah.— {Huher, 1884.)
halwan khunfi—
A cluster of sandstone crags emerging from the Nafud desert just within its south
western border, at a distance of some 50 miles north-east from Taima.
HALWI (Jabal)—
One of the two parallel ranges enclosing Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tain {q. v.), in the 'Oman Sultanate.
HAM ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. )—•
A valley in Trucial 'Oman which apparently pierces the hills of the 'Oman Promon
tory obliquely from north-west to south-east: it has its head in the neighbourhood of
the village of Adhan in the Jiri plain, and after traversing the whole mass of mountains
it reaches the sea on the east coast near Fujairah. Its total length, windings being
followed, seems to be about 35 miles. The lower part of the valley is in Shamailiyah
and the upper in Ras-al-Khaimah, both districts of the Shariah Principalitv.
♦According to Palgrave there was a good spring of fresh water in Halul in 1863 ; but his statement may have
been based on native information.—C. C.R. M.
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