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some cultivation of wheat and gaymi. There is no fodder except a little chopped
straw and the livestock is limited to a very few cows and camels. Smoking is not
allowed in the town. The boundary of the territory of Ibn Sa'ud passes through
Qusaibah and Quwarah.— {Leachman, 1912.)
Note. —'Amudiyah and Saqiyah are manziis of Qusaibah, and "not separate villages as shown on some
maps.—(C. C. R. M.)
QUSAIBAH—
A locality and a forest on the left bank of the Tigris (7. v.) some 9 miles below the
Diyalah. The whole reach from here down to Ctesiphon is described as the Qusaibah
reach.
QUSAIBAH (Nahr)—•
One of the muqdta'ahs of the Jazirah district {q. v.) of Mesopotamia. Jazirah lies
wholly on the right bank of the Tigris a short distance below Baghdad.
QUSAI'IR (C ape and village)—
Has Qasai'ir is a low, rocky point on the south coast of Arabia, situated about
midway between Shihr and Saihut in Lat. 14° 54' N., Long. 50° 17' E. Close westward
of it are two small rocky islets from which a reef, partly dry at low water, extends
south-eastward to a distance of 4 cables southward of Ras Qusai'ir. Boats find shelter
between this reef and the headland and also behind a reef about 7| cables north-east
ward of the headland.
About a mile inland from the cape is Qusai'ir village. It is squarely built and is
walled on the landward side : there are a few stone buildings, including a small qasr
but it consists mainly of huts. The qasr is in ruins and stands J a mile north-westward
of the village by a small date grove. On the seaward side are four detached towers.
The tiny port of Qusai'ir is just a nook in the black basalt coast where boats can nestle
behind a small natural breakwater, known as Ras Dis, lying on either side of it accord
ing to the wind. The inhabitants own a few boats, rude craft of which the planks are
sewn together with cord ; in these they catch sharks, the tails and fins of which are
exported to India and Masqat.
A couple of miles westward of Qusai'ir is the scattered hamlet of Al-Qurain.— {R. S.
and G. of A. Pilot; Bent.)
QUS AIR—
A settlement in Jabal Shammar {q. v.), in Central Arabia, said to consist of three
hamlets of one or two houses each.
QUS AIR (A l)—
Some wells in the Shamivah desert, north-eastern Arabia ; they are situated 47 miles
by road westward from Khamisiyah, or rather more than halfway to Samawah. The
water is good and sufficient for 1,000 men, which number could be increased to 10,000
by digging additional wells.
QUSAIYIM—
A hamlet 1|—2 hours south-west from Umm-ar-Roi {q. v.), in 'Iraq.
QUSMAN—
The inhabitants of Qasim. The singular form is Qasimi or Qasaimi.
QUSSAB—
A village in the Washam {q. v.) district of Najd.
QUSSAH—
A place, without permanent habitations but with wells and cultivation,
Shammar {q. v.), in Central Arabia.
in Jabal
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