"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٤‎٩‎٩] (٦٨٨/٥٧٢)

I lit
QATAR
Namo.
'Adhbah
'Adham (Umm-
al)
'Aqalah
'Aqdah
Aqlam
'Araiq-al-Janubi
'Araiq-ash-Sha-
mali.
'Aras
Aswaijah (Umm)
'Awainat Bin.
Hasain.
Position.
9 miles south-east of
Ruwais and 6 from
the east coast.
18 miles south of
Ruwais and 8 from
the west coast.
3 miles south of
Dohat-al - Usaiwad
and 1| miles from
the west coast.
4 miles south-west of
Khor Shaqlq and 5
from the east coast.
4 miles south-east of
Huwailah and 3
from the east coast.
12 miles east of the
foot of D5hat-as-
Salwa.
14 miles east by
north from the foot
of D5hat-as-Salwa.
10 miles west-south
west of Khor Sha
qlq and 9 miles
from the east coast.
5 miles west-south
west of Khor
Shaqiq and 6
from the east coast.
9 miles south-west
of Khor Shaqlq
and 4 from the east
coast.
Nature.
A Bedouin camping
ground.
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
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Remabks.
There are 5 masonry
wells, 4 fathoms deep,
of good water.
There is a masonry
well of good water,
10 fathoms deep.
An unlined well, i
fathom deep, yields
indifferent water.
At this place is a
masonry well, only
two fathoms deep, of
good water.
A well, on the north
side of which are two
hillocks called Jibal
Aqlam. It is unlined,
only one fathom deep,
and the water is in
different.
A stage on the route
from Hofuf in Hasa
to Dohah in Qatar.
There is a masonry
well here, 5 fathoms,
deep, of indifferent
water.
Here is a masonry
lined well, 20 fathoms
deep, of good water.
A masonry well here;
6 fathoms deep, yields
good water.
At this place are several
small masonry wells,
of good water, 4
fathoms deep, from
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Places and features of the interior. —The list below gives in alphabetical order the more
important wells, camping grounds and oher points of interest which lie inland in Qatar ;
the positions assigned to them are of necessity only approximate.