"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎١‎٩‎٥] (٦٨٨/٢٤٤)

MASQAT
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Name.
Position.
Nature.
Khuwair
Saru
Eas-al-Hamar
On a small creek
about 8 miles west
of Matrah.
6 miles
Matrah.
west of
camels, sheep and
goats, are fishermen
and export firwood
to Matrah.
Village of 30 to 40
date-branch huts of
Bani Hasan, who
are fishermen and
owners of sheep,
cattle and camels,
on which last they
bring firewood for
sale to Matrah.
Remarks.
4| miles west-north
west of Matrah.
Faha
Darsait ..
30 houses
Hasan.
of Bani
Point of red cliffs
160 feet high.
Off Ras-al-Hamar, 2
miles out to sea.
1 mile north-west of
Matrah.
Village of 40 huts of
Bani Hasan consist
ing of two quarters,
one on each side of
Wadi Bait-al-Falaj
at its mouth. The
people send fish to
Matrah and Masqat
town; ♦hey own 4
or more Badans and
and 40 dug-outs.
camels, 10 donkeys,
6 cattle and 100
sheep and goats.
Date palms num
ber 2,000.
By some Khuwair is
reckoned to Wadi
Boshar. The family
of the Sultan of
'Oman sometimes
come to stay at
Khuwair for sport
and change of air*
There are 3 camels,
10 donkeys, 6 cattle
and 60 sheep and
goats, also 1,000
date trees.
Animals are 4 don
keys, 4 cattle and GO
sheep and goats.
There are 500 date
palms.
The hills recede from
the coast of this
point. East of it,
between it and Dar*
sait, is a sandy
beach more than a
mile long. In this
vicinity there are
1,500 date palms and
00 camels belonging
to the Sultan of
'Oman graze, beside
other animals.
See article Fahal is
land.
The date-groves of the
village extend 1 mile
up the Wadi, here
fiat and open, to
'Aiwa, also a part of
Darsait, where Kho-
jahs and Bani Wa-
haib own some
houses and gardens.
Land is valuable at
'Aiwa and foddet
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