"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد I" [‎٢‎٠‎١] (١٠٥٠/٢١٦)

ARAB
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Name.
Nature
and
position. *
Inhabitants
and
houses.
-
Remarks.
Abu Ibgai' ..
i
A tract reaching
from the Abul
Khasib creek to a
point 1j miles
further down
stream.
The inhabitants are
about 2,000 souls
and belong to
various tribes.
There are 8 or 9
hamlets consisting
of huts.
There are about 50,000
date palms; animals
are 200 cattle, 200
sheep and goats and
30 horses. The Shaikh
is agent to the NaqTb
of Basrah who owns
most of the land in
Abul Fulus
BaljanTyah
Faiyadhi
Zain
A tract beginning
immediately below
Abu Ibgai' and ex*
tending about 1J
miles down stream.
1,800 souls of
mixed tribes, oc-
cupying about a
dozen small but
villages.
A tract extending
along the river for
a mile from the
lower limit of
BaljanTyah: it
is subtended
throughout its
length by the
island of Umm-
al-Yababi.
500 souls of various
tribes, inhabiting
5 distinct villages
of huts.
Agricultural resources
are 25,000 date palms,
300 cattle, 300 sheep
and goats and 110
horses. The date plams
in this tract are com
paratively sparse, but
every year more land is
being brought under
cultivation. Bricks are
made, but the industry is
a decaying one. There
used to be a small Turkish
military post at this
place.
See article Baljaniyah.
The date palms here only
number about 5,000
and they appear to be
below the average in
productiveness. About
half the population are
en g a g e d in fishing.
Animals are 20 cattle,
50 sheeps and goats and
20 donkeys.
See article Zain.
rn?® t ! v rlns and *efU> ank are used of creeks as if ehe latter were stream flowing into river
^ population of this section of the right bank appears to be about 53,000 souls, and
the number of date palms about 1,618,000. ' n
mv^ 0 h7Z P nt / ti bank from Basrah t —A tabular account is
CS^GSlT ge3 and cul,lvat ed estates on the left bank of the river in the