"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٣‎٣‎٣] (٦٨٨/٣٨٨)

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NADA (A bu)—
One of the Mufadhdhal clans of the 'Abdah division of the Southern Shammar {q. v.)
tribe of central Arabia.
NADAN—
A village in the Dhahirah district of the 'Oman Sultanate. See Dan.
NADHADIYAH (J abal)—
A detached hill in the south-western district of Najd {q. v.) to the northward of Jabal-
an-Nlr.
NADHARAH—
A hamlet in the Sharqiyah (<7. v.) district of the 'Oman Sultanate, in the division of
Baldan-al-Masakirah.
NADHARAH ('Am)—
Some plantations, and the site of a former village, in the Hasa oasis {q. v.), in eastern
Arabia.
NADHIFI—
A hamlet in Ruus-al-Jibal {q. v.), in the 'Oman promontory.
NADIR—
A fendy of the Dawasir tribe {q. v.) of southern Najd; Farjan subdivision of the A1
Hasan.
NAFA'A—
One of the main sections of the 'Ataibah tribe (q. v.) of central and western central
Arabia.
NAFAFI ('A yal)—
One of the sections of the Daru' tribe (q. v.) of the 'Oman Sultanate.
NAFAFIS (A n)—
A Bedouin camping ground in the interior of Qatar {q. v.) in eastern Arabia.
NAF'AH—
A large village in Wadi Mansah {q v.) in the 'Oman Sultanate, below its junction with
Wadi Rak.
NAF AIL—
A Bedouin camping ground, with water, in the Biyadh district (part I), {q. v.), of Hasa;
eastern Arabia.
NAFASH (A btj)—
An agricultural tract of the Hindiyah Qadha {q. v.) in 'Iraq.
NAFI (A n)—
A hamlet in Qasim {q. v.), central Arabia.
NAFJAN—
A large village in Widyan Dawasir {q v.), south-western Najd.
NAFUD—
The word Nafud is used in the northern and eastern parts of Central Arabia, both as
a generic term and as a proper name. In the wider and primary meaning the word
denotes any expanse of sandy desert soil,—such for example as the wastes of sand
which pervade southern Qasim and approach the town of 'Anaizah and Buraidah.