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See Hillah Qadha.
BARQA (A l)—
A halting place about 60 miles from Mecca on the western route to Al Madinah. It
lies amongst acacia and other trees in the midst of a plain more gravelly than sandy,
at a distance of seven hourg' march from Al Qara.— {Burckhardt, J. L: 1815.)
BARQAH (Tribe)—
See 'Ataibah (Tribe).
BARQAN (Island)—
An island at the north end of the Red Sea, situated in latitude 27° 54' north, and longi
tude 35° 4' east. It lies about half-way between the entrance to the gulf of 'Aqabah,
and the port of Muwailah, and is 2J miles long and 100 feet high. It is divided into two
parts connected by a low sandy track, the higher portions being two wedge-shaped
hills. A good anchorage may be found, with sandy bottom, close to the south-eastern
end of the island ; there is also an anchorage east of the isthmus, in from 7 to 15 fathoms.—•
{Bed Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot, 1909.)
BARQAN (Island)—
An island off the coast of Hejaz, in latitude 27° 54' N., longitude 35° 4' E.
BARR—
See Man amah.
BARR (R as-al)—
See Bahrain (Island).
BARRACHEDA (A l)—
One of the nomad tribes of Ashraf {q. v.).—{Doughty.)
BARRAGA {or Barreyga)—
The fifth halting place on the Syrian Hajj route, after leaving Madain Salih for Al-
Madinah. It lies in the Wadi Hamdh, apparently about half-way between Istabal An tar
and Al-Madlnah.— {Doughty.)
BARRAH—
A large village in the ^ridh District {q. v.).
BARRAH (J abl-al)—
A hill in south-western Najd, situated about 24 miles south-south-west from the Sija
wells, and constituting one of the landmarks on the Hajj routes from Qasim and Riyadh,
which pass to the north of it.
BARRAK (I bn)—
See Hataim (Barraqah).
BARRlQAH (T ribe)—
See Hataim.
BARRI (Jubail-al)—
See Biyadh,
BARRUD (A l)—
A village of 30
south-west from
the Besamna of
houses in the Washam district of eastern Najd, situated 24 miles south-
Shaqrah. The Bedouins call this place Al-Bessam ; and it is possibly
PKny.— {Doughty.)