"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد I" [‎٦‎٤‎٦] (١٠٥٠/٦٩٥)

646
Gha-gha
GHANlMAH (J abal Btj)—
See (A1-) Hassa (District).
GHANlMAH ( N aslat Btj)—
A spur of Jabal Bu Ghanimah (q. v.).
GHANlMI—
A tribal district in the extreme south-east of Yemen, south-western Arabia. If
lies to the north of the Upper Yafa country, and principally outside the boundary of
the Aden Protectorate. It is bounded on the north-east by the tribal district of Qaifah,
and on the south-east by that of Baidhah. The district is apparently a very mountain
ous one, and, according to native information, possesses a considerable amount of run-
ing water.
GHlNMlT (J abal)—
A mountain in north-western Arabia, lying to the east-south-east of Tabuk, and
skirted on its south-western side by the Hejaz railway. Jabal Ghanmat together with
Jabal Dhafaiyar, forms a low and continuous range of mountains some 10 or 12 miles
in extent and lying east and west between Wadi Ghadi and WSdi-al-Akhdhar. This
range forms a landmark on the Tayma-Tabuk route.— {Huber, 1884.)
GHANNAM (R ijmat-al)— •
A cairn in the southern Dahanh desert. Eastern Arabia, said to be a valuable landmark
on the route between Al-Hasa and Riyadh, via 'Awaisah and Sulaimiyah. It has not
been found possible to fix the position of this landmark with any degree of accuracy.
GHANNAMIYAH—
See Tigris.
GHANWA—
See Miyah (Wadi-al).
GHlR (A bul)—
A settlement lying roughly 17 miles southward from Nasirlyah and about the same
distance west-south-west from Suq-ash-Shuyukh. It is situated on the bank of
a stony watercourse in -which water is found at a depth of three or four feet. The
settlement consists mainly of a fortified house formerly the residence of Sa'adun
Pasha but now occupied by'Aj ay mi who, though not the eldest son, has been nomi-
nated ruling Shaikh of the Muntafik. Round this qasr are several houses of depend
ents, and small quantities of ordinary supplies are generally available. It was near
here that Ibn Rashld defeated the Dhafir in the early spring of l9U.~{Leachman,
1910.) Close to, if not part of Abul Ghar, is the settlement of Khanaqah.
GHAR (R as-al)—
See Audhan (Zor-al).
GHAR-ASH-SHUYUKH—
See Shuyukh (Ghar-ash-).
gh A ra—
A group of islands in the Persian Gulf, and situated at the head of the large bay between
the Qatar peninsula and the coast of Turical 'Oman. The group is about 3 miles in
extent, and consists of a rocky island, about amile across, and numerous smaller ones,
which are low and flat-topped. Ghara island lies about 14 sea miles south-south-east
of the entrance to Khor-al-'Odaid, and 2 sea miles north-westward of Ras-al-Hazra.—
{Persian Oulf Pilot, 1908.)
GHARAB—
A desert site northward of Tayma; and probably a watering place. Before the Heja
railway was built, Gharab was one of the halting places on the dromedary post route