'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1055] (92/688)

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KHATILAH (Q ulban-al)—
Some wells in the 'Aridh district (q.v.) of Central Arabia.
KH ATMAT-ASH-SHIKLAH'
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KHATMAT-AS-SUWWlD
Two peaks in the Jau tract (q.v.) of Independent 'Oman.
KHATMAT MILAHAH—
A spur coming down close to the sea nearly 3 miles north-north-west of Murair, on the
east coast of the 'Oman Promontory, and marking the northern limits of the Batinah
{q.v.).
KHATT—
A village in the Jiri plain {q.v.) in Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
KHATT (J abal)—
The main range of hills behind the village of Khatt {q.v.) in Trucial 'Oman.
KHATTAH (Al)—
A small plain the centre of which is about 50 miles to the north of Hail, in Jabal
Shammar. Al-Khattah is crossed by the western route between Karbala and Had
and its northern limits appear to be about 10 miles north of Bir Taiyim.
KHATT-UMM-ZANAH—
A station on the Hejaz Railway {q.v.), 855 kilometres south of Damascus (Qadam station).
KHATUNlYAH—
A village in the Mahawll Nahiyah of the Hillah Qadha {q.v.).
KHATUNlYAH—
A canal which leaves the Euphrates {q.v.) a short distance above the ruins of Babylon
and crosses the Baghdad-Hillah road.
KHATWAH—
A large village in the Mahadhah {q.v.) plain, in the 'Oman Promontory.
KHATWAH—
A hamlet in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mansah {q.v.) in the 'Oman Sultanate. Khatwah is below the point
where Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mansah is joined by Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Rak. •—
KHAUKHAH—
A large coastal village of the Yemen Tihamah situated in the canton of Hais at
a distance of 37 miles north of Mokha. It has over 2,000 inhabitants ,_including many
merchants, and possesses a fair anchorage. It belongs to the Hasasin tribe. T ic
Turks used to collect customs here before the European war, but this is now done
by Muhammad 'Ali Othman, for the Hasasin. This gentleman is a notorious pirate.
KHAULAN—
A tribe of Yemen; the two main branches are
Khaulan-at-Tawal. —A Zaidi tribe to the east and south of Sana'a, ^abiting the
country on both sides of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Maswar. They are settled and agncuitural
7.000—8,000 fighting men. Kibs, three hours due east of Sana a, is their c^^ ^wn
the headquarters of the influential Saiyid family of Kibs. Saiyid Ahmad M ab uth-a -
Kibsi and his brothers Saiyid Husain and Saiyid Muhammad Ibn
of the family. The Khaulan have always fought for the Imam. The representat^
of the Imam, who is responsible for the collection of tithes, is Saiyid Abbas. The
Khaulan dislike the Anis and fought them in 1903 owing to the expulsion of a K
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