'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎993] (30/688)

KAE—KAB
993
KABB (K hor-al)—
This is the name of the large salt water inlet on the east side of Bahrain Island which
travellers between Manamah and the two Rifahs must either cross or go round. It is
a fine sheet of water with wooded banks and is sometimes dotted with waterfowl. At
low tide the foot of the creek, called Khor-al-Maqta' Tubli, is a stretch of mud covered
with stumpy mangroves, which a donkey-rider can cross at a ford 1 mile from its end
without wetting his feet.
KABD—
A locality about 25 miles south-west of Kuwait town, between the district of Qra'ad
on the east and that of Shaqq on the west. Kabd is a row of hills or belt of high ground
extending east and west over a distance of 6 miles. Immediately to the south of Kabd is
a parallel ridge called Kabaidah or Little Kabd, having to the east of it some wells called
Jahliyah, and to the south of it a well-known Bedouin landmark called Eijm-al-Jahtan.
South of Rijm-al-Jahtan, again, is Fawaris, a small plain diversified by hillocks. A group
of five small hills at the western end of Kabaidah is called Minaqish; they are of a whitish
hue and stand between the route from Jahrah to Riqa'i and that from Kuwait town to
Hafar.
KABDA—
An inland village of the Eastern Hajar District {q, v.) of the 'Oman Sultanate.
KABlR (W adi-al)—
A valley in the Dhahirah district of the 'Oman Sultanate which runs south-west
wards and debouches on Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sanaisal, a little above 'Ibri in Dhahirah. The places
situated in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Kabir from its head downdards are the following:—
Place.
Position.
On
which
bank.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
Miskin
Najaid
Near the head of
the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. .
3 hours below
Miskin.
Left
Do. ..
40 houses of
Bani Kalban.
Haiyal
7 hours below
Najaid.
Right ..
50 houses of
Bani 'Umr.
'Aridh
Dariz
3 hours below
Hayal.
4 hours below
'Aridh in a side
valley called
Qarn-al-Kabsh.
Do.
Left
200 houses of
Miyayihah, and
30 of Bani Ra-
shld mostly mud
but a few huts.
Remarks,
See article Miskin.
There is a fort held by
the Bani Kalban.
Animals are 10 camels,
30 donkeys, 60 cattle
and 300 sheep and
goats : there are 800
date palms.
There is a fort of the
Bani 'Umr. Re
sources the same as
at Najaid.
See article 'Aridh.
In 1885 there was a
tumble-down for there
with 2 guns. Livestock
are 10 camels, 30 don
keys, 60 cattle and 300
sheep and goats, and
there are 300 date
palms.
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bilad Shahum, in which stands Maqniyat, is a tributary of this valley.
KABlR ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al)—
See Masqat Bay and Town.
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