'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1075] (112/688)

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KURIA MURIA ISLANDS
1075
Name.
Position.
Suda
6 miles west of Hal-
laniyah.
Haskiyah
Dimensions
and physical
characteristics.
18 miles west of Hal-
laniyah.
The second largest
island of the group,
3 miles long by 2
broad. It is of red
and grey granite
with dark strata
interposed and
reaches a height of
1,310 feet.
About a mile square
and mostly com
posed of reddish
granite ; the high
est point is 500 feet.
Remarks.
in 1883. Their race
is uncertain; nomi
nally they are Mu-
hammadans. They
keep goats and fish
but have no boats
and hardly ever visit
the mainland. Their
houses are mere
semi-circular walls of
loose stones and are
roofed with sticks,
fish-bones and sea
weed. When Hal-
laniyah was last vi
sited in 1901 it was
found deserted.
Their is some scanty
grass and a quickly
filling but brackish
well. The island is
now uninhabited but
is known to have had
occupants at the be
ginning of the 19th
century.
Three is no vegeta
tion or fresh water
here but thousands
of gannets frequent
the rocks.
" The Kuria M™ betoged at the
named Bin-Ghalfan, already mentioned, and both the ^^g^ a cruel ^ on the
1859 the islands were a scene o usy ^ y, ^ . jiblTyah was the more produc-
and Ha 'leas than 62 shifB were engaged in removing the guano,
17 a Enre etn agent and -^t re^ o^^ ^on tho
lower and more level parts of the islands and ^ g - it was mixed with fine stones,
average depth of di g ered widely
necessitating screening before shl P m ,' it s hardlv inferior in fertilising pro-
from that of Peruvian guano, to whic , ' .y - ^ : n 1359 was removed in
pertles. A British telegraph station established on Hallamyah m i«oy was rem
1860 in consequence of failure of the cable.
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