"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٢‎٣‎٢] (٦٨٨/٢٨١)

1232
MIYAH
Name.
Muraighah
Nta' ..
Qubaibah
Quta (Umm-al-)
Ridainiyah
Ridha ..
Sadairah
Safaiyah
Sarrar ..
Sharai'ah
Thaj or Taj
Position.
1J miles west of Sar
rar.
50 miles inland west
of the foot of
Musallamiyah bay.
18 miles south of
Thaj.
5 miles south of
Sarrar.
7 mile? south-south
west of Sarrar and
3 miles east of
the Abu Dhahair
hills.
18 miles north-west
of Jabal Qadam.
4 miles north of Mu-
laijah.
8 miles north-west
by north of Thaj.
8 miles south of Nta'
Near the southern
border, 9 miles west
of Jabal Qadam.
24 miles south-east
by south of Nta'
and 5 miles north
west of Jabal Lab-
talah.
Nature.
Wells
Wells
Do.
Do.
Do.
Do
Do.
A walled village of 50
houses inhabited by
miscellaneous settled
Arabs.
wells.
The site and remains
of a once consider
able town ; it is said
that the ruins of the
houses, which were
built of large light
coloured stones,
cover a space about
1 mile in length by
i a mile in breadth.
The inhabitants
were Bani Khalid
of the Al Humaid
section which is now
nearly extinct.
Remarks.
There is a deserted
site here.
See article Nta',
About here is the
border between the
lower part of the
district in the north
and the higher part
in the south.
There are said to be
ancient remains here.
The water is sweet, at
12 feet.
There are here about
150 date palms, and
livestock includes
some 5 houses, HO
camels, 150 donkeys
and 120 cattle.
There are some wells
with good water at
1 fathom. An en
counter took place
near Thai in 1799
between the Turks,
then invading Hasa
from the north, and
the Wahhabis. The
destruction of the
settlement is attri
buted to attacks by
the Wahhabis and
by the 'Ajman tribe.
There are said to be
underground dwell
ings and inscribed
stones here.