"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٣‎٩‎٧] (٦٨٨/٤٥٨)

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and it is inhabited partly by Jannabah and partly by Al Wahibah. The following
are the principal points of interest :■—
Name.
E as Jibsh
Position,
31 miles south-south
west of Lash-
kharah.
Nature.
A small sandy point
having over it a
hill 100 feet high
covered with white
drift sand.
Quran ..
Sharkh
Has Shaiblah
Ras Mishayu
Some distance below
Jibsh.
25 miles south-west
of Ras Jibsh.
25 miles south-south
west of Sharkh and
18 miles north of
Masirah island.
49 miles
south-west
Shaiblah.
south-
of Ras
Village of 5 huts ..
Village of 20 huts
A low rocky point
with a village, also
called Shaiblah, 1
mile inland of it.
A low sandy point
R emarks.
A small village of 15
huts of Jannabah
called Jibsh, invisi
ble from the sea,
stands on the south
west slope of the hill.
The houses are built
of midribs of date
leaves and the situ
ation is so exposed
that fuel is kept in
nets attached to the
houses to prevent its
being blown away.
The people live on
fish and on dates and
rice which they pur
chase with fish, and
they own 1 badan, 8
fishing boats, 4 don
keys and 70 sheep
and goats.
There are 3 fishing
boats and 20 sheep
and goats.
The people have 7
fishing boats and 40
sheep and goats.
The village, consist
ing of 20 huts,
situated among white
sand-hills; the in
habitants are Al
Wahibah. 10 badans
and 300 sheep and
goats are owned
here.
Nil.
The whole of Batain from Ras Jibsh to Ras Mishayu is low and sandy except a stretch
of a few miles to the north of Shaiblah ; towards the south end it is covered with shrubs
and bushes. Masirah island which lies off this part of the coast is described under its
own name.