"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٥‎٢‎٤] (٦٨٨/٥٩٧)

1524
QATIF
Name.
Position.
R emabks.
Qasair
About A a mile to the north of
Tobi village.
This spring must apparently irri
gate Tobi, the village nearest
to it.
Qashurlyah
About \ a mile south of the vil
lage of Khuwaildiyah.
Qashfiriyah waters the lands of
Khuv aildiyah.
Saddain
W ithin the village of Jarudiyah
As is natural, this spring irrigates
the Jarudiyah cultivation.
Sadrfyah
*
11 miles west of Qudaih village
Sadriyah helps to irrigate the
plantations of Qudaih.
Taibah
Close to the north side of
'Awamiyah village.
One of the various sources of irri
gation belonging to 'Awamiyab.
Agriculture and livestock. Dates are the staple crop in Qatif, no village being without
its date grove ; the water irrigating the plantations is in some places brackish, but this
does not appear to affect the trees injuriously, and the total annual yield of dates in the
oasis is computed at 24,000 tons. Cultivation other than dates — mostly wheat, barley,
and nee — is inconsiderable. Fruits are abundant and of fair quality ; they include
pomegranates, figs, peaches, grapes, bitter limes and citrons : besides these "there are
musk and water-melons, the last sometimes of gigantic size, and a few mangoes are
produced at Saihat. Vegetables of many sorts are grown.
Domestic animals are the same as in the Hasa Oasis. Transport animals in the
possession of villagers are estimated at 50 horses, 200 donkeys of the famous white Has»
breed, and 650 donkeys of ordinary breeds ; the last are mall and generallv grev or dark
in colour. j j
Communications. —See Routes in Arabia, 1915,
Transport and supplies. 'There is no definite information as to the quantity of trans
port and suppKes locally available ; but the resources of the district may be roughly
gauged by means of the village table and the remarks oi agriculture and livestock above.
Mamifactures, trade and civil administration. —These matters are disposed of in the
general article on the Hasa Sanjaq, except the trade in dates, the nature of which is
explained by the following table :—
Quantity in tons.
Disposal.
Remarks.
2,500
Exported to Bahrain
For local consumption in Bahrain.
12,500
Exported to 'Oman and Persia.
• • • •
4,000
Exported to India, partly direct
and partly via Bahrain.
These are boiled dates.
5,000
TiOcally consumed in the Qatif
Oasis.
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