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BIZAILI—•
See Dhahirah.
BO'AJA—
A small tribe of Yemen, occupying the country to the south-east of Lahiyah down to
Ibn 'Abbas. The estimated total strength of the tribe is 800, with perhaps 200 fighting
men. Their principal section is that of the Bani Zailai, under Ahmad 'Ali and Muham
mad Sulaiman Ibrahim.
BODHAH—
A valley in the 'Aridh district of central Arabia ; see Dhrumah.
BODHI (A l)—
See Farasan (Islands and Bank); bank, western side.
BOHARIYAH (A l)—
A hamlet on the right bank of the Tigris 86 miles above Baghdad and about 7 miles
above the point where the 'Adhaim stream joins the Tigris.
BONAN—
A hamlet in lower Mesopotamia, it is about 4 miles westward of the village of Madinah
on the old channel of the Euphrates, and roughly a mile from the opposite bank.
BORHUT (or Barahout) (Bir)—
A sulphurous well in the Wadi Hadhramaut, not far from Qabr Hud. There was
supposed to be a volcano near this well, which Mas'udi in the tenth century
speaks of as the greatest in the world. Bir Borhut belongs to the Kathiri tribe.— {Bent,)
BOSHAR (A l )—(T ribe).—
See 'Oman (Sultanate).
BOSHAR BIN-'AMRAN.—
See Boshar ( Wadi).
BOSHAR (W adi).
A tract of country in the Masqat District of the 'Oman Sultanate, forming a plain on
the north-west side of a spur which the Eastern Hajar sends down to the sea between
Masqat Town and Wadi Samail. Although the tract is spoken of as Wadi B5shar there
is no valley properly so called, but the drainage of the plain finds its way to the coast by
various outlets between Hail Al 'Umair in Batinah and Khuwair in the Masqat District.
The Boshar villages extend in a string about 14 miles long from north-east to south
west : in the table which follows they are given in order, beginning at the end nearest
Masqat Town :—
Name.
Position.
Houses and inhabi
tants.
Remarks.
Fath Al Bu Sa'id.
9 miles west-south
west of Ruwi.
30 houses of Al Bu
Sa'id.
There are a few date
trees.
J al • • ..
Adjoins Fath.
40 houses of Bani
Hasan.
The people are shep
herds.
Sad ..
Ditto.
30 houses of 'Awa-
mir.
Ditto.
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