"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٤‎٩‎٦] (٦٨٨/٥٦٩)

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QATAR
Name.
Position.*
Hawar (Jazirat)
Nature.
Due west of the point
of Eas Aburuk and
about 5 miles from
it.
Island
Imhish (Has) .,
The southern en
trance point of
the Dohat-al-Usai-
wad inlet.
Cape
Remarks.
The foot of it ia
called Dohat Faish-
shakh. It contains
Jazirat Abu Falitah,
and Ras Aburuk
forms the western side
of its entrance.
Ras-as-Sumaiyah pro
jects into it from its
eastern side. On the
west s'de of the bay
are the ruins of a
fort which was built
by Rahmah-bin-Jabir
early in the 19th cen
tury. There are 4 or
5 masonry wells of
brackish water near
the site of the fort.
About 10 miles Ions;
north and south, and
roughly parallel to
the Qatar coast.
There are no wells,
but there is a
cistern to hold rain
water built by the
Dawasir of Zallaq
in Bahrain, who
have houses at two
places on the island
and use them in winter
as shooting boxes.
Fishermen also fre
quent Hawar. The
island is adjoined on
the north by Jazirat
Rubadh and on the
south by Jazirat
Janan, while Jabalal
Ajirah and Jazirat
Suwad lie in the
channel between it
and the mainland.
The ford called Maqta'-
al-Imhish in Dohat-
al-Usaiwad starts
from this promon
tory.
In following the^ast fine"' meailS nearer 40 the ^ o f promontory, and " below." means further from it.