"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد I" [‎١‎٢‎٢] (١٠٥٠/١٣٧)

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AFL-AGA
Name.
Position.
Houses and inhabi
tants.
Remarks.
Wusailah
About 5 miles north
30 houses of Dawa-
There are no ordinary
of Lailah.
sir, viz., 20 of the
' Arfaj and 10 of the
Ishkarah section;
also 8 of Bani Hajir
and 20 of inferior
tribes.
fruit trees and only
about 500 date
palms; but there is
good cultivation of
barley and wheat,
and melons, water
melons, onions and
lucerne are raised.
Irrigation is from
wells and the water
is raised by camel,
bullock or donkey
power from a depth
of 6 fathoms. There
are no horses, but
r
sheep and goats are
r
numerous. Wusailah
is under Lailah. In
the middle of the
Wusailah lands is
some high ground
called Rifa'ah with
ruins of houses; it is
now uncultivated as
well as uninhabited, j
AFLAJ—
A village in the Maghsat division of Sharqiyah {q. v.) in 'Oman.
AFLAJ BANI QITAB—
Also known as Mamur; a halting-place on the Dhank-'Ibri route, in the Dhahirah
district of 'Oman. It consists of a cluster of hamlets lying about 15 or 16 miles by road
almost due south of Dhank, and 2 miles south-east from a low hill called Jabal Falai
which stands on the north side of Mazun. The latter village is considered to be 14 mile
south of Dhank. The water supply of Afiaj Bani Qitab is both good and abundant
and comes from mountain springs the water of which is led down by means of falajs
{Cox ; May and June, 1902). See also Dhahirah.
AFLATAH (Tribe)—
See 'Ataibah (Tribe); Nafa'a section of the Barqah division.
AFUS (Qal'at)—
A qaVah on the left bank of the Euphrates a few miles above Samawah.
AGAB (A l)—
This place is reported to be the fourth stage on the nomad route between Tayma
and Ma'an and is probably situated about midway between Jabal Tubaik and Ma'an.—
{Doughty.)