"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎١‎٤‎٧] (٦٨٨/١٩٦)

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Wadiyali which is the richest stream of the whole Muqata'ah, ending in the fertile rica
lands of Khashaf and Buraidiyah.
Tho biggest settlements of tribesmen are at Hashariyah under Majid's brother,
Mushattat, 0 at the headquarters itself under Ma]id, at Wadiyah ha f way down tho
Wadiyah branch under Araimish-al-Mansur, Majid's maternal uncle, and on the Adal
under Hamud, another of Majid's brothers. The settlement of Wadiyah under Araimish
seems to be the biggest of all, and much exceeds in size that of the headquarters under
Majid.
Besides the Majar Kabir stream and its subsidiary streams, there are several important
canals taking out of the main Tigris itself between the Hafirah MuqaCah and the mouth
of the Majar Kabir. The first of these is the Ajuliyah, then the Umm Aranib, and third
the Rubaihiyah. These appear to have no important rice lands at their tails and to
be almost entirely devoted to spring crops.
MAJAR-AL-KABIR—
One of the Nahiyahs of the ' Amarah Qadha [q. v.) in 'Iraq.
MAJAR-AS-SAGHiR—
One of tho Nahiyahs of the 'Amarah Qadha (g. v.) in Iraq.
Trad of KJmzainah-al-Hamish.
The Bitairah runs almost due south from tho Tigris before emptying itself into the Hor.
On the right or west bank is the Muqata'ah of the A1 Bu Darraj (Gassat-ash-Sharqi),
The Hor Gassat-ash-Sharqi is enclosed by the A1 Bu Darraj lands.
El Khazainah and Al Ha'mish tract, —At the foot of the Bitairah before it enters the big
Khor, on the right bank with Hor Gesat-ash-Sharqi on its north, the Bitairah on the east,
the big Bitairah Hor on its south and the desert JazTrah on the west; devoted to wheat
and barley cultivation.
.46m Siba or Baghdad TvfaijiyaJu —On left bank of the Bitairah, the Abu Hallanah
Muqata'ah reaches down to the Tomb of Madosh about half way between the point
where the Bitairah leaves tho Tigris and the Hor. The first 'Azairij land is that watered
by the Abu Siba, a large canal taking off about 5 miles from the Tigris. The greater
part of its lengthy is rice land watered by the Abu Siba and is known as Baghdad
Tufaijiyah.
'Awaiji and ChalbaL
'Awaiji and Chalbat; a tract comprising the lands of Rughl, Nishabah, Gusamah and
Ra'ash, the last and southernmost of which borders on the great Bilairah Hor. It is
part wheat, part barley, part rice, watered by the big branches called Shakairiyat, about 5
miles from the Tigris, and Talaa, about 7 miles from the Tigris.
Umm-uch-Chir and Bdb-al-Hawcu
The Bitairah Hor is about 6 miles broad but nowhere except immediately below tho
Batera is it more than about 1 foot in depth. At about 4 miles E.-S.-E. from the debouc
hure of the Bitairah the Umm-uch-Chir takes off from the northern bank of the Bitairah
Hor and forms the south-eastern boundary of the Ra'ash lands watering a largo rice tract.
It runs towards the north-east, and falls into a Hor half way between the Tabar, or Majar-
as-Saghir, and the Bitairah. Large mashhvfs can pass up the Umm-uch-Chir channel
across this central Hor .and up the Kubaiyir (one of the branches of the Tabar). Tho
mouth of the Umm-uch-Chir is badly silted up from the floods of 1915.
At about 4 miles from the Umm-uch-Chir entrance the big channel of the Bab-al-
Hawa, takes off from the north (eastern ?) bank of the Bitairah Hor and runs N.-E.
into the Hor Jindalah at the bottom of the Jindalah, the most westerly branch of tho
Majar-al-Kabir, There is a through connection for big mashhvfs between the Bitairah
Hor, by the Bab-al-Hawa, into the Majar-al-Kabir.
On the south shore of the broad Bitairah Hor opposite the Umm-uch-Chir and Bab-al-
Hawa lands, and separated from them by 6 or 7 miles of water, is a large rice tract entirely
surrounded by water comprising Karaichi, Haddam, and Abu Dhahab. The principal
place is Haddam where resides a sfave of Shaway as his agent.
A mound of ruins close to Haddam, where gold ornaments or coins are often found
after rain, gives its name to Abu Dhahab. The whole of the Karaichi—Haddam—Abu
Dhahab tract is liable to submergence and has to be protected against tho Bitairah Khoc
by expensive dykes formed of clav, lice, straw and xccds.
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