"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٥‎٢‎٨] (٦٨٨/٦٠١)

1528 QIR—QIT
QIRBAH (Wadi)—
See Fuwwah—
QIRBAT QAHWAH—
See Fuwwah.
QIRTAS (R as)—
A cape on the east coast of Qatar {q.v.). Eastern Arabia.
QISAIYA'AH—
Or Qisai'ah ; a village in Qasim Central Arabia.
QISHA'AN—
•Ilwah divtta™' 0£ ^ MUtair tribC ^ 0t CCntral Arabia ; JiblSn s »MivWon of ,h,
QISHAB (H arrat)—
A lava tract in Western Central Arabia ; it lies about midway between fh* W sa-
LTn^d •Iqtah!' 1 and iS traVerSed by the Q ' U,im Haii r0Ute ' h = Xt";
■qishn (B ay and village).—
Qishn Bay is a considerable indentation in what is known as the Mahmh coast
Southern Arabia. It is formed by the projecting headlands of Eas Sharwain and S
Darjah 13 nanteal miles apart. During the north-east monsoon there is a
swell and a high surf on the beach, which rendeis landing daneerous exceot ^ i
immediately westward of Eas Darjah where small trading boats land their golS
The shore of the bay is low and sandy near the sea, with a high range of Si
background and a barren tract of nndulating sandhills intervening. In Q ln Rav
the depths are regular there being from 8 to 10 fathoms water nearly two mita frlZ
shore and gradually decreasing towards the beach. The best anchors? a
Lask, the western part of Qishn Bay. ® Bandar
a mile 11 from^the*^ac^^!^ fa 8 oiie e of e the a princip^ d poria 1 of''^e^w d h a ' ) h U t a , " f
residence of their chief Shaikh. The population is small and there are hnt rl few a flsh^
and trading boats. A small trade in salt and dried fish is carried on Wh T t> g
■Gulf, Zanzibar, and the western coast of India The imr»nrf<j • ■
cloths, dates, coffee and sugar. A vilSge!' Jown'Zp^r
eastward of Qishn; near Suo is a small snU i „ i v , 2 m "es
A mile and-a-half further to the east is the small hamlet ^Hafat l^f
impossible to get supplies of any kind at Qishn. Fish are plentiful off thn ^ i
of good quality: they form the staple article of food OoSwaLt hL 1 ^
curable from a well westward of the villa ge .-(i? e d Sea and Gulf of Aden p ZT ' Pr0 '
QITAB (B ani)— ' ''
This or Qatab (rather than Kitab or Katab) armears to hp ffiA * r
name, though colloquially it seems to ho «n m +■ f orrec ^ ^ orm the
the singular is Oitbi Tlie Banf n f v e A tl T 3 P ronounced Chitab or Ghatab ;
Trucial and IndepcndeiU OmSn WiLT A 1 rab , t , ribe of tho ' 0m5 " S^Mte and
tory and extending into the district of DhShirah tlie ' 0maa Pr0mon -
They are divided into following sections:
| Section.
Location.
Fighting strength.
R emarks.
Farariyah
Anywhere within the
tribal territories.
100
Nomadic.
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