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AUF (B an I )—
One of the Ghafiri tribes of the 'Oman Sultanate {q. v.).
•AUF (W adi B ani)—
A valley in the 'Oman Sultanate, connected with Wadi Fara', which it is said to leave
in the neighbourhood of Rustaq, and -subsequently reaching the sea at Shai'bah near
Mama'ah by an independent course to the east of Wadi Fara'. The villages in this valley
are, apparently in descending order, the following:—-
Name.
Position.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
Remarks.
Qasmitain
1 hour from Wadi
Fara'.
10 houses of Bani
'Auf.
Wheat and lucerne are
cultivated. There are 15
camels, 30 cattle, 150
sheep and goats.
Taikha
1 hour from Qasmi
tain.
40 houses of Bani
'Auf.
Crops are wheat and lu
cerne, and there are 60
camels, 10 cattle and 50
sheep and goats.
ZSmmah
3 hours from Taikha
100 houses of 'Abri-
yin.
The only crop is wheat.
There are 100 camels 70
cattle and 200 sheep and
goats.
Hat ..
1 hour from Zam-
mah.
50 houses of 'Abri-
yin.
No cultivation; the
people are shepherds and
carriers owning 10 camels
50 donkeys, 80 cattle and
1,000 sheep and goats.
'AUFI—
Part of the watery region between the Shatt-al-Hindiyah {q. v.) and the road connect
ing Tawainj with Hillah town.
'AUFI (B ani)—•
A village in 'Iraq situated near the Dawaihiyah canal but to the north of the Karbala-
Tawairij road. The village contains about 100 inhabitants, principally of the Maulah
tribe, and possesses a date grove. See also Shatt-al-Hindiyah.
AUFIDHIY AH—
A village in Qaslm, in the district of 'Anaizah, situated about 12 miles south-east
from 'Anaizah, and on the direct route between Buraidah and Riyadh. The village is
built on the western edge of a salt-pan ; and to the east of the latter at a distance of
1 mile from the village is the Nafud. Population, about 300, nearly all of whom are
'Anaizah. Water is from jallbs {qalibs), and stands at a depth of about 5 feet below the
surface of the ground. There are a few scattered date gardens with scanty cultivation ;
livestock is very scarce.— {Leachman, December, 1912.)
'AUHAH—
A small sandy islet near the island of Failakah [q. v.) in Kuwait Bay.
'AUHI—
A village in the Sohar Wilayat (q. v.) of the 'Oman Sultanate.