"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد I" [‎٩‎٢‎٦] (١٠٥٠/٩٩٣)

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While sojourning in Jafurah the Al Morrah as a rule drink nothing but the milk of their
camels and even cook their rice in the same ; if compelled to swallow water from the
wells they first mix it with dried dates to make it more palatable. The Wahhabis have
frequently waged war upon the Al Morrah; but Faisal alone, if local tradition is to be
believed, succeeded in penetrating with his troops as far as Banaiyan, and his force was
so reduced by the hardships of the desert march that he was compelled, on his arrival
there, to grant the tribe exceedingly easy terms.
Tocography. —The following are some of the best known wells in Jafurah ; the water of
all is bitter;—
Name»
Vernacular equiva
lent.
Position.
R emarks.
'Adhbah (Mishash-
ai-)
• • • •
About 40 miles
south-south-west of
the foot of Khor-
adh-Dhuwaihin in
'Aqal.
•.. •
'Akrish (Abul) ..
• t • »
About 35 miles west
by south of the foot
of Khor-adh-Dhu-
waihin in 'Aqal.
(But one authority
would place it with
in 20 miles of Sakak
in Qatar.)
'Ariq ..
• ft • •
About 50 miles north
east by east of
Jabrm.
....
Arzilah (Bu)
• • • ft
About 20 miles west
of Sakak in Qatar.
....
Aziz (Bir)
....
About 50 miles east
of Jabrin.
....
Bahath »• •
About 12 miles inland,
westwards, from
D5hat Hamah on
the coast of Barr-al-
Qarah.
Or Bajash-al-Bahath,
1 A stage on the or-
1 dinary route from
Hofuf to D5hah in
Qatar.
Banaiyan
Baqar (Abul)
ft ft t ft
About 70 miles south-
south-west of Dohat
as-Sila' on the coast
of Mijan. (But
one authority would
make it about this
distance west of
SilaV)
About 30 miles east-
south-east of Banai
yan.
. Also called Khairan
Al Morrah. The
depth of the wells is
here li fathoms.