'Persian Gulf Gazetteer Part II, Geographical and Descriptive Materials, Section II Western Side of the Gulf' [‎121v] (241/286)

110 miles from Koweit In liis map he locales it almost due west of Koweit
hut only about 50 miles distant : be shews the Koweit, Basra, Medina and*
Mecca caravan routes as meeting there. In another place he mentions that
Sheikh of Koweit claims possession, though lie has never received tribnfA If
liafr is a well 35 fathoms deep. ' '
; —Small fort near shore 3 miles south (?) of Fanaitis
with a few date-trees and wells of good water. It is under Sheikh of Koweit
and some horses are shipped from here to India. People are herdsmen
cultivators. auu
ITEZAIM.—Halting place 3 marches from Koweit on route to Katif.
UIER.—Is this another name of the Delaa-ed-Delaa hills ?
-n nUWAJII^-lrib 0 num l5<?ring 1,5011 men, predominant along 1 coast fmm
Ras Mishaab to Shiaiba. Can these be same as 13eni Hajir of sub-section B ?
westlfsalplfoon~ LarSeWI1 ' f0rmingaCal,ital distance
1 f^ IIA ^ A, ~ y ^ la § e ; (1) Si tuafed at extreme west end of Koweit Bav
about lo miles west of Koweit town and some 1,200 yards inland from n i
water-mark. (2) Three miles to the north is a lo^ sandstoL ridge, exTend!^
west and east, tlnoagh gap in which runs route to Basra ; while to south. wp J
is undulating country covered in spring with grass and flowers but rlo f
ute of water. In 1863 Jal.ara consisted o B f 3 large enelosures a t '
dozen small gardens, with about 200 acres of barley outside them T if .
(190 2 awel -buUt village of sun-dried bricks witlfa cScumferace of ahoJI
2 miles. Iheie are outlying patches of cultiration round the walls mrl m
enclosures contei nin* wheati date . tre e St Iuceme> taZisk ete ^r,ou?dS
by mud-walls 2 to 3 feet thick and 8 or 10 feet high. The place is saW tn f
healthy, and the air dry like that of Baghdad. (I) There is an old W ;
repairon the western frontage of the Tillage, as we 1 as a new one built bv
present Sheikh, clear of the south-eastern end of the villa", 10
untenable if attacked by force with artillorv nnlcQB ,l,.f ,D a f l " Ould ho
more extended scale than at prelnt IftM ^ on
would have to be eccnp^ed bTr/cndts nlad ^ t J l\ COm - ra \ nd P 1 ' 1116
ships could not effectively co operate in defence • if niti I ?, ay IS al an<1
assailaut< would not come under fire at all 'Pm-ml-.r U<T0 ' or ? south-west
1863 and is 200 to 300 now (5 (6 Tr'ni ' 1 P JT about 100
fed on lucerne for shipment to Bombay. (7) In J863 theroworc'flo"!- 18 ? 3 ] aml
and plenty of water. There were a dozen small welfs of ^oofl ^ t ?eP
water on a patch of white ground south of village. In 1902 most of t iu?
vated enclosures contained their own welk but (|,„ 1'! st oi tlie culfl -
fit only for irrigation. Sheikh considers Jaha4 cssentia^to'
hemg the only localitv with inv norinnU.: 'i ? m .!. to Ko weit, as
Besides being a valuable source of ^nni ^ ca P a ^ lll ties or resources,
it is a favourite gra^in^ ground in thp w'nt. ^ rain li ^ ort '\^ ej dates, etc.,
who own allegiance to Koweit. (S) (9) (in) montlls of tll e Bedouins
place would entail great loss of nresti^ fn ll 'f temporary evacuation of the
damage which might bTdone^t^ ^ fwm Permanent
the owners of Jahara. Sheikh was in l^f or*' ' ie ^. Ulns ^ould go over to
son from Jabara even for effective defence oUWit 11^° n - it !' d , raw
-^ment of .kathaC^leh"^ ^
0f "ITNI ub foS' b a f0un . d in D0Wdiag,S KoweitSs!) diagram
from wtul ( ?£r ACCOrdlnS t0 PelI - V ' the S-eral name of the country
•r
about 15 '"'Ics^nYxten^Pearkare^s^iecffor's(f of Kubbar.
KABETN CKirniM n • doubtless it is hard in parts,
miles south of Koiveit and 3 horrr'sonuT^/T k "/ S0m0 i e ' cte,lt ' about 45
^eTam^- ^ ™ ^
47' east. 21 miles smUb.cas^ot Kubbar" '^tef cablf and
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