"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٠‎٩‎٥] (٦٨٨/١٣٨)

LAILAH 1095
Lailah consists of quarters situated at some distance from one another, not all of which
are at present inhabited ; the total area of the settlement is estimated at less than 2
square miles, and the population at about 4,500 souls who may be classified as
follows :—
Tribe.
Section.
Houses.
Ashraf
Saqar
70
Dawasir
'Ajlan
80
Do.
Buras
70
Do.
Hamdan
60
Do.
Hijji
100
Do.
Jibarin
50
Do.
Wida'in
40
Fadhul
..
40
Khadhir (Bani) ..
..
300
1
Sabai'
Rashul
100
The usual fruit trees grow at Lailah, but there are only about 5,000 date palms ; the
principal crops are wheat, barley, millet, maize, lucerne and melons ; the wheat, millet and
maize predominate. On the east the wells are 6 to i fathoms deep ; on the west 9 to 10.
There are a few horses and the ordinary proportion, for Najd, of livestock of other
kinds. The Amir or headman of Lailah is at present Mubarak -bin-Bazah of the Buraa
Dawasir. # • t m u
A table follows of the principal quarters and other places having names in Lailah:—
Name.
Position.
Nature.
Remakks.
Ghasibah
.. Central ..
The chief inhabited
quarter of Lailah at
the present day.
Ghasibah succeeded
Mubarraz as the
principal quarter.
Hazaimi
Do.
Two date groves ..
The owners are Wida
'in Dawasir.
Jafaidrlyah
South of Ghasibah..
A considerable quar
ter.
The inhabitants are
Hamdan Dawasir.
Jiri
Close to Ghasibah
on the east side.
A deserted quarter.
It formerly belonged
to the Hijji, but
was abandoned ia
consequence of a
cholera epidemic.