'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1368] (423/688)

1368 NAJ—NAJ
convenient places; and every six months a settlement takes place with the local officials
in consequence of which the balance of the Amir's produce is generally sold and the net
surplus to which he is entitled is remitted in money to Riyadh. It is estimated that
about a quarter of the tenth share or Zakat ultimately reaches the central treasury in this
manner.
Contingents for n otary service are still demanded by districts and towns, and it is
understood that, up to a limit of one month per annum, these contingents must be
maintained by the districts furnishing them, but their expenses after the first month are
defrayed by the Amir.
The W ahhabi ruler is represented at various places in his dominions bv Amirs or Gover
nors ; such are Majma in Sadair, and Dilam in Kharj. These Amirs may be either local
or non-local men, and in places where Ibn Sa'ud has reason to distrust the loyalty of the
inhabitants they are generally the latter ; the Governors at the present time at Majma'
and Dilam are apparently non-local. The relation of the Widyan DawSsir district, which
at present is almost autonomous to the >, ahhabi Government, is noticed in the article
under its name.
The present equivocal relations of Southern Najd with the Ottoman Empire are describ-
ed elsewhere.*— { Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazettetr.)
NAJD (Um? )—
The name given to "Anaizah [q.v.) by its inhabitants on account of its being the
principal town of Najd. 6
NAJI (A l B u)—
A village on the west shore of 'Abbadan Island {q. v.).
NAJIB—
One of the quarters of the large and scattered village of Faid [q. v.) in Jabal Shammar.
N A JIB AH—
Some wells in Jabal Shammar {q. v.). Northern Central Arabia.
NAJI YAH—
A section of the Habus tribe {q. v.) of 'Oman. r in
NAJIM—
Arabia; thoy lie about 10 miles to the
nortnwara ot the hill of Ba al and 45 miles north by west from Anta'a
NAJM ('A in-an)—-
A hot sulphur spring in the Hasa oasis {q. v.), in Eastern Arabia.
NAJRAN—
anfonTtlrfb!^^^^ in tho_extre m „ north-east of Yemen
Halevy, aZnerL S d ^^ttne mot THf" heter0d0Xy - Wh ' ! "
to join Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Dawasir and the streams of ^ Sends lts water3
al-Khudud the ruins of the anoienTSL A7. He believed that he found in Madinat-
its importance, as well as that of modem Na'irSn "in and the secret of
this way from Southern Yemen to Naid Thn S"? an which must pass
Who is roputod to havo boon the liret pt'Sralia ^
♦See article Najd ad fin. " ~