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DHALAIFAIN (J abal)—
A hill on the coast of Biyadh {q. v.)
ground near this hill.
DHALA 'lN ( T ribe)—
/See 'Anizah.
DHALETYA (R as)—
/See Hadd (Ras-al).
DHALFA'AH—
/See Qasim.
DHALI'—
/See Aden (Protectorate).
DHALl-AL-' ASHARI—
/See Hazaim.
DHALMA (BfT)—
/See Sharqlyah; Baldan-al-Hirth division.
DHALMAH—
See Sadair.
DHALMAH—
One of the minor valleys descending from Jabal Aja (q.v.) on its west side.
DHALUF (A bu)—•
A village on the north-west coast of the Qatar Promontory, near its tip and 1 or 2
miles south-west of'Ruwais. It is diffic'-ilt of approach from seaward being fronted by a
reef 2J miles broad which is nearly dry at low water. The inhabitants are about 70
families of the Manan'ah tribe owning 20 pearl boats, 5 other sea-going vessels and 10
fishing boats. Their drinking water is from the well of Umm Dha'an, about 1J miles
inland. Camels here number 30.— (Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf.)
DHALtJT (A budh)—
See Jauf.
DHALOM (B ohat)—
See 'Oqair (Barr-al).
DHAM—
See 'Ain (Wadi-al).
DHAMlR—
One of the three principal towns of the Yemen plateau, in south-western Arabia,
which practically mark the eastern boundary of Turkish influence in those territories.
It lies sixty-six miles south by east from Sana'a, on the route between that town and
Aden^ and is situated in a flat plain on a plateau at an altitude of 7,700 feet, the nearest
hill of any size being Haid Hirran, about two miles to the northward. The plain abounds
in water, and produces large quantities of grain. Dhamar has been the scene of much
strife from the time of its capture by the Karmathians in 280 A. H. down to the recent
revolt in Yemen. It is a straggling town of five separate quarters, and though many of
the streets are so narrow that only two or three persons can walk abreast, it occupies a
comparatively large area for the number of its inhabitants. Dhamar has neither gates
nor walls, but it is more or less defended by a series of small, and for the most part
mud-built, forts. Three minarets, of which one is out of the perpendicular having been
struck by a round shot, dominate the town. Many of the houses are fairly well built of
•tone, and contain large rooms, but, generally speaking, the town is in very bad repair,
. Dhalaifain is also the name of a Bedouin Cciinping