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[chap. xxiv.
Belad M6soun, or 'Oman, the next province, according to
the Arabs derives its name from one of the sons of Lot ; l it
forms the south-eastern extremity of the whole territory, and
it takes the figure of a broad flat peninsula ; with a horn (Ras
Mussendom) towards the north-east, forming one side of the
straits of Ormus, and another (Ras-el-Hadd), running into the
Indian ocean at the south-eastern side. Only a small part is
washed by the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; the rest is on the ocean, which
being usually much agitated is called Bahr 'Oman, or the
Swelling Sea.
Oo^daries of At present the territory ends at the pirate coast, instead of
the borders of El Ah'sa, which were formerly the boundary;
whilst on the opposite, or south-eastern side, it touches Mah-
rah, or Hadramaut opposite to the island of Mazura, in 20° 18'
N.L.. The intervening space, in a line running north-west
ward to the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , is a desert tract, merging into that
of El Ahkaf; the distance to the latter nowhere exceeding
150 miles from the sea.
In addition to what has been collected by other individuals,
the recent travels of Lieut. Wellsted, of the Indian navy, have
made us well acquainted with a considerable portion of the
interior of this interesting province.
Here the mountain chain, already noticed as almost encir
cling Arabia, becomes very marked. Under the name of Jeb-
el-Felluh it runs almost parallel to the coast from the neigh
bourhood'of Ras-el-Hadd, till it makes a south-western sweep
opposite Maskat, where it is chiefly mica slate, from 1000 feet
to 2000 feet high. 2 Soon afterwards it resumes a direction
jeb-ei-Akhdar. parallel to the sea, under the name of Jeb-el-Akhdar, or the
green mountains. This part of the chain presents for the
most part a bare surface of limestone, enclosing valleys and
hollows which are extensively cultivated and yield an abun
dant supply of pomegranates, citrons, almonds, nutmegs, coffee,
grapes, and other productions. 3 The chain, under various
local names, continues to run parallel to the coast at the dis-
Arabic MS, in the British Museum, 7502, fol. 890.
2 Lieutenant Wellsted's Travels in 'Omdn, &c., vol. I„ p. 315.
3 Lieutenant Wellsted, vol. VIL, p. 108, of the Royal Geographical Journal.
Figure of
'Oman.