"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٥‎٤‎٩] (٦٨٨/٦٢٨)

EAB—RAD
TRTBBS OF KCT.
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Tribe.
Shaikh.
Men.
Situation.
Origin.
Dabbat, al
Saiyid 'Asi
Saiyid Thamir.
250
Abu Nakhl. Tigris lef t bank
Cha'at.
Malatshah, al
'Ali ibn 'Ubaid
'Ali ibn Damuk.
80
Nahr Damuk. Tigris left bank
Al 'Azzah.
A Baghdad tribe.
Quwwam, a\
'Audah ibn Handhal
200
Al Dabbiyah. Tigris left bank
'Anazah.
Saba', Bait
Haji Hasan
400
Al Mukhattam. Tigris left bank
Al Khorah in Shuraimat al Kut.
Al Sulaimaniyah,
Tigris left bank.
A Al Bu Badr,
(B. Rabtah).
Silmat, al
Huwaish
Sa'dun ibn Kuraidi.
80
Nahr Fahad. Tigris left bank
Bani Lam.
Shuwa'il, al
'Abdullah al Zuhaid
Al Slia'liyah, Tigris lef<) bank
'Anazah.
Tamim, Baui
Salih ibn Khanyab
Sannaiyat. Tigris left bank ,.
Bani Tamim.
RABIGH—
A group of hamlets in Hejaz, situated about 120 miles by road from Mecca and 5 miles
inland from the head of Sharm Rabigh. The houses and huts are said to aggregate
nearly 500, and there are numerous wells of indifferent water; the settlement contains
extensive date groves. Several routes from Al-Madinah converge at Rabigh, which
is also on that between Yanbo' and Jiddah. Rabigh is a favourite halting-place on the
coastal route between the Haramain and at certain seasons large crowds of pilgrims are to
be seen here. The Wali of Hejaz is represented by a Qaimmaqam. Rabigh is
the headquarters of the Zubaid section of the Harb tribe.
Sharm Rabigh is an inlet, about 2 miles long, affording excellent anchorage in from 8 to
12 fathoms, perfectly sheltered from all winds and easy of ingress and egress to sailing
vessels during north-westerly winds. In the entrance are depths of 18 to 20 fathoms and
immediately outside no bottom with 30 fathoms.
RADA'—
A town in southern Yemen, lying some 30 miles east-south-east from Dhamar, and
50 miles or more by road north by east from Qa'tabah. It is the headquarters' of a
district.
RADA—
A Zaidi tribe living round the town of the same name {q. v.). They are descended
from the Qahtan and are chiefly cultivators and traders. Their chief Shaikh is (1916)
Hamud-ibn-Muhammad, who comes under the Turkish Mutasarrif of Rada',
RADAIF—
A tract in the north of the Hasa Sanjaq: it is bounded on the north by the district of
of Sudah in the Kuwait Principality and on the other sides by tracts in the Hasa
Sanjaq, namely, by Wadi-al-Miyah on the west between Jabal Na'airiyah and Jabal-al-
Hass ; by Sanfan-al-Hanna and Jau Shamin on the south, the former as far as the
wells of Hajrah, and the latter to those of Mistannah ; and finally by the Sabakhat -al-
Mutaya on the east from the wells of Mistannah north to the borders of Sudah. The
extreme length of Radaif from Jabal Na'airiyah to its southernmost limit is about 40
miles and its average breadth about 14 ; its eastern boundary is some 20 or 25 miles
from the sea.
Radaif consists of dark, firm soil, with here and there stony mounds or patches of
rising grounds. There are no trees, and grazing consists of Thamam grass and 'Arfaj
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