'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1036] (73/688)

1036
KHA—KHA
Section.
Khamis (Al)
Rashaid
(Bani).
Zahairiyeh
Zubaid
Rizaij-as-
Sultacx.
Location.
Tughali, in the
llamuz District.
At Sultanabad up
on the right bank
of the Marun
River.
Mamuhiyeh above
also at Bunnat
Shaikh Janam
upon the Gargar.
Apparently at Sar-
i-Chishmeh in the
Ramuz. District,
and at Sidar
Gupal not far
from Mamuhiyeh
in the same.
Fighting strength. Remaeks.
60, of whom 30
are mounted and
30 have rifles.
100, of whom 30
have rifles and 20
are mounted.
100, of whom 40
have rifles and
30 are mounted.
150, of whom 80
have rifles and
50 are mounted.
Their animals are
60 camles, 150
cattle and 2,000
sheep and goats.
They possess 40
camels, 200 cattle
and 3,000 sheep
and goats.
This section have
50 camels, 200
cattle and 4,000
sheep and goats.
The lands of this
section are irri
gated from the
Gupal stream.
They own 150
camels, 400 cat
tle and 10,000
sheep and goats.
Most of these sections inhabit reed huts ; and the tribe, of which the number may be
estimated at 2,500 souls, should now perhaps be regarded as settled rather than ^ no '" -
About 1840 the Al Khamis emigrated to the country between Hawizeh and the Karun ,
but they have since returned to their former seat, where they are at present subject and
pay revenue to the Bakhtiyari chiefs.
KHAMIS (A ulad)—
A section of the Bani Jabir tribe (q.v.) of the 'Oman Sultanate.
KHAMIS (A l B u)—
A small sub -division of the Al Bin Maqla tribe {q.v.) of Bahrain and Qatar.
KHAMIS (Al Bti)—
A farlq of quarter, of the town of Muharraq {q.v.), Bahrain Islands.
KHAMIS (H al)—
A section of the Al Wahibah tribe {q.v.) of the 'Oman Sultanate.
KHAMIS ( Hal and Y al)—
Two sections of the Daru' tribe {q.v.) of the Oman Sultanate.
KHAMlS ( Jabal)—
This is the name of the range which forms the termination eastwards of the eastern
Hajar hills in the Sultanate of 'Oman ; it begins immediately south of Sur, and runs
due south into Ja'alan, a distance of over 20 miles; its direction is thus at rightangles
to the main axis of eastern Hajar. Jabal Khamis is parallel to Jabal Khadhar, the
portion of Hajar which next adjoins it on the west; and Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Falaij, the main route from
Sur to Ja'alan and Sharqiyah, descends to the coast between the two. The height of
Jabal Khamis, which at 9 miles from the coast has an elevation of 2,845 feet, increases