"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٠‎٨‎٨] (٦٨٨/١٢٥)

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KUWAIT PRINCIPALITY
Name.
Maqta' (Jaz'rat-al)
Manifah ('Adamat
or Jabal).
Misha'ab (Hadd-al-)
Misha'ab (Bandar)
Position.
1| miles south of
Hadd- al -Mishi'ab,
off the coast of the
Sudah District.
17 miles north-west
of Mussallamlyah
Bay, on the south-
em boundary of the
Sudah District.
90 miles south-south
east of Kuwait
Town on the coast
of the Sudah Dis
trict.
3| miles south-east
of Hadd-al-Misha'-
ab. ♦
Nature. Remarks.
Inland of the Khors
are some brackish
wells named Hahan-
namiyah. A pearl
bank called Khiran
lies off this stretch
of coast.
2 miles long north
east and south-west,
with cliffs 20 to 30
feet high at the east
end. No channel
exists between
Maqta' and the
mainland. The
island is said to be
to a great extent
submerged at high
spring t.des.
A promontory of some
height. It may be
taken as marking the
boundary on the
coast between the
principality of Ku
wait and
This cape is low and
sandy with patches
of cliff. From its
neighbourhood a
chain of pearl banks
is said to extend for
some 60 miles east
wards or south-east
wards out to sea.
21 miles wide at the
entrance, depth 6 to
7 fathoms, situated
between the spit at
the east end of
Maqta' Island and a
detached reef to the
south of it.