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RtJMAIL (A bu)—
A locality on the rlglit bank of the Tigris {q. v.), the centre of it being about
^ miles by river below the British Residency at Baghdad.
RUMAILAH—
A station on the Basrah-Nasiriyah line ; it is 40 miles by rail from Basrah (Makina),
7 miles by rail west-north-west from Nakhailah station, and 8 miles by road due west
from Grainat. At Rumailah there are a few shallow wells, about 8 feet deep, with brack
ish water.
RUMAILAH—
One of the fariq*, or quarters, of Dohah town {q. v.), the chief town of Qatar, eastern
Arabia.
RUMAILAH—
A detached quarter of the town of Al-Wakrah {q. v.) on the east coast of Qatar, eastern
Arabia.
RUMAILAT—
The name of two quite distinct localities on the Tigris (7. v.) ; the first is between 8 and
9 miles below BaghdadTyah and is on the right bank, and the second has its centre
about 61- miles below Kut-al-'Amarah and is on the left bank.
RUMAILT—
A locality on the right bank of the Tigris (g. v.) a little way below 'A mar ah town; it
extends from Nahr Rumaili, the mouth of which is rather more than 6 miles below
'Amarah, for a distance up-stream of about 3 miles.
RUMAIS—
A hamlet in the maritime district of Batinah {q. t'.) in the Sultanate of 'Oman.
RUMAITHAH—
A town in 'Iraq, generally known as Ubaiyidh {q. v.).
RUMAITHAT—
A section of the Bani Yas tribe (q. v.) of Trucial 'Oman.
RUMAIYAH—
Arable lands without permanent dwellings in Raudhah (q. v.) in the Aflaj district of
Najd.
RUMAMAIN (J abal)—
A couple of hillocks in Bahrain Island {q. v.) in the Persian Gulf.
RUMHAILAH (I sland)—
RUMHAILAH—
An island in the Shatt-al- 'Arab, lying in what is known as the boat channel, between
the island of Umm-al-Khasasif and the Arab bank of the river. Rumhailah lies off
the western end of Umm-al-Khasasif and is about 1,000 yards long, with a maximum
breadth of perhaps 250 yards. It is of recent formation and increasing in size. The
inhabitants comprise a few families of Shaikh Hasan, with a few date trees and
domestic animals. Adjoining it downstream" is Umm-al-Yababi, with which it is
practically connected.— {Murphy.)
RUMHiYAH—
A group of wells in the 'Aridh district of central Arabia and situated rather more than
60 miles north by east from Riyadh and 8 or 10 miles west-south-west from the Rumah
group. The wells are four in number and contain fairly good water at about 3 fathoms.
—{ShaJcespf.ar.)