"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٠‎١‎٤] (٦٨٨/٥١)

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KAT—KAW
Other sections, entirely Bedouin, are to the Sultan's
Bait JacW and the Bait Masan: A! Kathi. probably nu m .
^Tout 6 teCn" the nomadic urces ^ in the artiolo
The settled Al Kathir are a g ncul ^ st8 ; ^ hiUs own camels and ca ttle and collect
on Dhufar Proper. The nomad sectwns clothin g and habits they very closely
frankincenseUketheQaras, whom m their a ^ of binding lt W1 th a
resemble, exeept th»t they ^ Cut it to reported to be quite different
fillet; their language « P^dOTinforOmSn and it ha, not as yet been properly inyesti-
gr/Some Al Kathir Bedouins ^ M ^ from Hadhramaul
8 The Al Kathir are a Hmam tnbe ^d , capital at Dahari.:
Tj'al Wdlito. 'The"to eomtot frietion between them and their Qara netghbours.
KATHIRI (Hisn-al)— j x fhp roast of Hadhramaut, Southern
Artb^" 100 miles from Mukalla.
The Kathob are also
KAT ri > eetion of the Qara tribe (j. v.) o£ Dhufar, Southern Arabia,
called Ma'ashani.
KATHRAN—
A section of the Fadhul tribe {q. v.) of Najd.
k ' u a vmagXwestern Hadhramaut, lying a few miles from Yashbum on the route to
Nisab, and belonging to the Ahl Ba Ras tribe.
KAURI ('A bd-al)— ^ ^ .
This island lies 60 miles west-south-west of Soqotrah, and o3 miles oast-noi ■ ea3
from C SuaSfui, and is 20 miles long and 3 i miles in width At ^ «nds Ae .stond
ia hillv the central part being a low plateau. On the north side is a san ^ ' .
Ras Hamairah towards its western end ; on the south side chffs rise a rupt y rom 0
ocean. The highest part of the island is towards its eastern end, where th e hiUs nse
to 1 670 feet. It is largely arid and there are no permanent streams. The mhabitant ,
who number one to two hundred, speak Soqotri and Arable and are eh.efly engaged m
diving for pearl shell on the Bacchus Bank to the north-east of theisiand. Theyl
chiefly on turtle, which abound on the island, and on fish and molluscs. The la id is
nowhere cultivated.
kawaikib—
A village in the Qatif oasis (q. v.), Eastern Arabia.
KAWAISAT (Dohat-al)—
An inlet in the coast of the Abu Dhabi Principalitv in 'Oman. It is on the western
side of the island of Al-Fazayah, extends 7 miles southward and is 1| miles wide inside
where there is a depth of 6 fathoms. The narrowest part of the entrance is said to be 4U
yards wide between small projecting reefs, with 3 fathoms water.
There are several rocky islets on the reef, which extends about half a mile off the coast,
between the entrance to D6hat-al-Kawaisat and Ras-al-Hazra.— {Persian Gulf Pilot).
KAW AM—
One of the rural tribes of 'Iraq {q. v.).
KAWAM—
A fendy of the Karaiah section of the Bani Rabi'ah tribe {q. v.) of 'Iraq.