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DHU—LHU
Name.
Position,
Nature.
R emarks.
cultivators of the
late Wali's gardens,
who are A1 Kathir.
Rubat ..
Two miles north-east
of Salalah and
one and-a-half miles
from the sea.
A deserted site with
standing columns,
etc. The remains
cover many acres,
but are not appa
rently very ancient.
There was a small vil
lage here as lately as
1844, but it has since
been abandoned on
account of the de
predations of the hill
Qaras.
Salalah ..
See article Salalah.
Taqa
The easternmost vil
lage in the Dhufar
Proper two miles
west of Khor Rori
and 20 miles west
of Murbat.
A village of about 20
mud huts and
one stone building,
chiefly inhabited by
Ma'ashani Qaras.
There are three or
four families of
Sharifs and a few
of Mashaikh ; these
latter classes act as
mediators and go-
betweens to the Be
douins, among
whom their persons
are sacred, and they
take charge of the
flocks and herds of
Bedouins while in
the plains.
The mountains here
come down close to
the sea and make a
pleasing background.
There are many an
cient remains, stand
ing columns, stone
sarcophagi, etc.
There was formerly
a good harbour here,
but it has now be
come silted up. This,
with a little outlay,
could be re-opened.
—{Bent, page 240.)
DHUHAH—
A small village in southern Yemen. It is situated on the Mokha-Ta'iz road at a dis
tance of 34: miles from the former place, and consists of a cluster of huts and two or three
wells.
DHUHEAH—
See Aden (Protectorate).
DHUHUR (W adi-adh)—
A watercourse in Hadhramaut, southern Arabia, draining northward into Wadi
Rashah {q.v.), immediately to the west of the village of Sahwah.
DHUHYAN—
^ halting-place in Yemen, south-western Arabia, on the Yemen Hajj route. It is
Situated at a distance of 16 miles by road north-north-westward from Sa'dhah.
DHULA'—
. A vil ! a ge in Hadhramaut, southern Arabia. It is situated in the Wadi Raidat-ad-Dln
t 11 ? 1 ? ° where villages and watch-towers are numerous and close together.
18 thQ se at of a petty Sultan.—(wn Wrede.)