"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٤‎٧‎٦] (٦٨٨/٥٤٩)

Name.
Ghaf (I)
Ghaf (II)
Ghammash
Hajnawi
Hamar
Position.
2 miles west of
Buraidah, near
Quwai'ah.
3 miles west-south
west of 'Ayun in the
same large depres
sion.
12 miles west-south
west of Buraidah.
In the south-western
part of QasTm.
Perhaps 20 to 30
miles south-west of
'Anaizah; the name
appears to cover a
considerable stretch
of country.
4 miles west of Bu
raidah.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
35 houses of' Anizah,
'Ataibah and Mu-
tair.
20 houses
About 10 houses of
'Ataibah forming a
village and 15 more
scattered in date
groves.
A village of 15 house
and some Qasrs of
'Ataibah.
A locality with com
cultivation on the
south bank of
Wad i - ar - R um ni ah.
50 houses, said to be
of Harb and Sham-
mar.
QASIM
Remarks.
village is an ancient
ruined fort called Qasr
Ma'id and adjoining it
is a table-rock with
many Himyaritic in
scriptions ; a few such
inscriptions and many
more in Arabic are
found on stones to the
west of the village.
'Ain Ibn-Fahaid is a
stage on the route from
Kuwait to Makkah:
cattle, sheep, dates and
grain are available in
small quantities.
Ordinary cultivation
and livestock. Water
at 7 fathoms in wells.
There is a great date
plantation, partially
smoothered in desert
sand.
There is a considerable
number of palms, also
cultivation of wheat
and lucerne.
There are no dates, but
other cultivation
exists. Under Burai
dah.
Dates, wheat and lucem
are grown. The vil
lage, which is a well-
to-do one, is under
'Anaizah. The sur
rounding gravel desert
also is called Hajnawi.
The usual cultivation.
Water is at 5 fathom
but half the wells aru
Brackish. Under Be-
raidah.