"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٥‎٢‎٣] (٦٨٨/٥٩٦)

QATIF
1523
Imgalion. As in tlie Hasa Oasis, the land in Qatlf is irrigated clitefly, if not entirely,
by flowing streams which have their origin in springs : the following is a list of the princi
pal among these springs :—•
Kame.
'Aq'aq
A'raf ..
'Atiqah
Buddi
Dabaibiyah
Darush
Hashaish
J adidah
J auhariyah
Ka'abah
Majalis (Umm-al)
Position.
1J miles north-west by north of
'Awamiyah village.
miles west-north-west of
'Awamiyah village.
1^ miles west-north-west of
Qudaih village.
About | a mile south of the vil
lage of Jishsh.
In a line between the villages of
'Awamiyah and Qudaih,
about I a mile from either.
R emarks.
About J a mile east of Lajam
village.
2 miles north-west by west of
'Awamiyah village.
1 mile south of Safwa village ..
J a mile south-west of Lajam
village.
Closely adjoining the village of
the same name.
About J of a mile south of Safwa
village.
One of 2 springs which irrigate
the cultivation of Lajam.
Apparantly irrigates the plan
tations of 'Awamiyah next on
the south to those watered by
Hashaish.
One of two springs on which the
cultivation of Safwa depends.
One of 2 springs from which the
cultivation of Lajam is irrigated.
The lands of Dabaibiyah village
are watered by this spring.
Daiush is the finest spring in the
whole oasis: with 'Atiqah it
waters the entire lands of Safwa
village and is not exhausted. The
surplus waters reach the sea to
wards the top of Qatif bay by
3 separate channels, the only
case in Qatif in which water is
partially wasted in this fashion.
Hashaish apparently waters the
northernmost part of the plan
tations of 'Awamiyah.
Assists to irrigate the southern
part of the cultivation of 'Awami
yah.
The water of this spring apparently
goes to the lands of Qudaih
village.
The cultivation both of Jishsh
and of Saihat benefits by this
spring.
The irrigation of Qudaih depends
partly on this spring.
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