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a vessel may find good shelter from all winds. In the entrance is a 4-fathom patch,
and within are 5 fathoms with a mud bottom. There are remains of a strongly built
wall of unhewn stone, but no houses, and there are some good wells of water near the
shore amongst date palms.— {Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot, 1909.)
The Sharif of Mecca claims that his southern boundary runs from Birk to the head
of Wadi Dhila.
BIRKAH (A l)—
A halting-place on the main inland route between Al-Madmah and Mecca, and situated
about 70 miles from the latter. It consists of a large and ruined cistern built of hewn
stone by Harun-ar-Rashid.— {Burton.)
Bins NIMRUD—
The site of extensive ruins in Mesopotamia, situated about 8 or 9 miles south-west
from the town of Hillah and some 4 miles to the west of the Hillah-Najaf road. The
site is said to contain the ruins of the temple and tower of Babel.
BIRUDDI—
See Dhaid.
BIRZAN—
One of the three sections of the Braih division of the Mutair tribe {q. v.). The Birzan
with a fighting strength of about 300, appear to be an almost homogeneous body.
BIRZAN—
A fendy of the Aslam division of the southern Shammar tribe {q. v.) of Central Arabia.
BISAISAH (T ribe)—
See 'Ataibah (Tribe).
BISAISAT (T ribe)—
See 'Anizah (Tribe).
BISAITIN—
See Biyadh.
BISHA (R as -A l-)—
The north-eastern point of entrance to Khor 'Abdullah {q. v.).—{Persian Gulf Pilot,
1909.)
BISHAH ( or Q ai/at B ishah)—
A town, or collection of settlements, lying approximately 240 miles south-east
by east from Mecca. It is situated in Wadi Bishah which may conveniently be
regarded as forming a separate district bounded on the east by Tathlith, on the west
by Hejaz and 'Aslr, and on the north-east by Wadi Sabai'. Bishah itself is an
important halting place on the routes leading from Wadi Dawasir to the Haramain
and to 'Asir and Yemen. The settlement is reported to be well watered and surrounded
with cultivation, but it has never been visited by a European and the only information
available regarding it is that obtained from Arab sources. It was, however, occupied
for a fortnight by an Egyptian force in 1834.
BISHAH (W adi)—
See Dawasir (Wadi).
BISHAIRIYAH (J aziarat -A l)—
See Qatar. *
BISHARlYAH (T ribe)—
See Harb (Tribe).