"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٤‎٤‎٤] (٦٨٨/٥٠٥)

'OQAIR—PORT
Name.
Position.
Nature.
R emarks.
' Oqair Port
Qaraiyah (Rasl-al).
Sufairah (Ras-as).
Zakhnunlyah
Island.
64 miles south by
east of Qatif Town
and 24 miles west-
south-west of the
southern extremity
of Bahrain Island.
4 miles "south-south
east of Tall-az-Zaba-
nat on the south
side of he entrance
to Dohat Ruhum.
3 miles east of Tall-
al-Razkhah and
opposite the extreme
south end of Zakh-
nunTyah island.
About 2 miles off the
coast of Barr-al-
'Oqair, 10 miles
east-south-east of
'Oqair port.
See Article 'Oqair
Port.
Forms the south point
of Dohat-al Mamla-
hah and the north,
point Dohat Dhalum
On it stand a few
deserted houses
and a ruined for. (In
the present Charts
the name " Kureya
Point " is wrongly
given to Ras
Buraiqat on the
north side of Dohat
Ruhum g.v.).
Barr-al-'Oqair ends,
southwards, at this
point.
See article Zakhnuni-
yah island.
'OQAIR PORT.—
Turks " 08615 40 be ,! . alled Askalat-al. 'Oqair.
by west of Oatlf Town nn!^ 94. rr 'f " a . ir in ^■ asa Sanjaq about 64 miles south
Bahrain Island TTnff t i + mi cs west-south-west of the southern extremity of
Ho f" f lies about 40 miles in a direction south-west bv west
wertwarfs for ateut 4 a , 1 ba ? which runs inl<lnd north-north-
peculiar oou^^t^S.el T fo%r»aTt^e 0 |; ^
The" ^ SXo*
fathoms deep ^jut the sea, ^vithout^^*^ e |i anne of the bay inside are 3 to 4
The only buildings at 'oltn^ 1 P^es, and dangerous for ships,
closely adjoin one another • inrl a + n a £ J' r ^ e o r earavansarai which
is an old drpidated buiW^ wffvfK ? 1 half a mile inland - The fort
enclosure 150 yards long bv 80 broir? lons . a t ^e comers. The Khan is a spacious
on 3 of the inS^ a - a11 1? ^et high which has sheds
enclosure are in the centres of the front } t a v e them ; the entrance to the
and all travellers passing through 'Oqair lodg^it Th T l5 e Kh5n contains 3 sho P 3 '
place ie from sand pits at a spot called 01 ' dmar y water supply of the
v a spot called Abu Zahmul a short distance south-west of