"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٠‎٤‎١] (٦٨٨/٧٨)

KHA-KHA
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Khanaqin possesses both post and telegraph offices and is a stage on the main caravan
route between Mesopotamia and Persia. Water is abundant from the river, and sup-
supplies are plentiful. There are no camels available as a rule, but 20 or 30 other trans
port animals could be collected daily. The railway between Khanaqin and Baghdad is
not yet open.
Khanaqin was formerly the chef-lieu of a qrxiha in the Sanjaq of Baghdad.
khan A sah—
One of the tracts of the 'Azlzlyah Qadha {q. v.) of 'Iraq.
KHANASAR—
One of the hollows sent down from the 'Urmah and 'Araimah ranges to tha Khafs
basin, in 'Aridh {q. v.).
KHANAZI—
One of the creeks at Fao {q. v.); there are a few habitations on the banks.
khanlzirah—
One of the Bani Hadlyah families of the Shihlh tribe {q. v.) of tha 'Oman Promontory,
KHANDUL—
See Nisab.
KHANJ AR { A uljld)—
See Bani Bu 'Ali: Bam Raziq section.
khanjartshatt)—
A tract in the Samawah Qadha (q. v.) of 'Iraq.
khannlsah—
The name of a reach on the left bank of tha Tigris (q. v.) between Ctesiphon and
Suwairah.
KHANNUR—
A village in Dhafrah (f. v.), in Trucial 'Oman.
KHANSAN— I i
See Southern Shammar tribe, Sinjarah division.
khanuqah—
A hamlet in the south-western districts of Najd (q. v.).
KHANZIR (A bu)—
A mud flat on the Euphrates, 1| hours' journey by mashhuf from Gurmat 'Ali.
khar—
A stream which joins the Tigris {q. v.) some 5 miles below Baghdad. It is also the
name of a riverside tract on the right bank round the mouth of the canal.
KHAR (WI di-al)—
An important valley in Northern Arabia. It has its origin in the neighbourhood of
Jauf-al-'Umr whence it runs east towards the Hazil wells ; it then turns north past tho
weUs of Al-Lussaf where it narrows, again turns east, and finally loses itself in tho
Bahr-an-Najaf marshes. Its length is thus over 300 miles. Where the western routa
between Karbala and Jabal Shammar crosses Wadi-al-Khar it is about 4 miles wide,
with a sandy bed, and stony sides 100 feet high- In other places again, such as where
it approaches nearest to the Hazil wells, it is so weakly defined that it is not readily
distinguishable, being from 8 to 10 miles wide, shallow, and full of mounds. After
good winter rains water stands in Wadi-al-Khar for several weeks and it can often bo
obtained by digging to a alight depth with the hands.— {Leachrmn, 1910-12.)
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