'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1385] (440/688)

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NUQtjRlYAH ( An)—
Some wells in Huzum {q. v.), in the Hasa district of Eastern Arabia.
NUR (Jabal-an)—•
A hill 11 hours north-east from Mecca and overlooking the Hajj route from Qasim. It
is apparently about half-way between the ' Alamain, or posts marking the boundary of the
Haram on the west, and Mecca.
Burckhardt refers to Jabal-an-Nur on his journey from Mecca to Taif as follows
Winding valleys of greater or less breadth, covered with sands, and almost wholly des
titute of vegetation, with hills on both sides, equally barren, lead to Muna. At half an
hour's ride from the garden house of the Sharif (in the subrub of Al-Ma'abidah) the country
opens out a little to the left. There the canal passes which supplies Mecca with sweet
water ; and about two miles distant is the conical mountain called Jabal-an-Nur con
sidered holy by pilgrims. In the vicinity of Jabal-an-Nur the rocks, which to the westward
are of gneiss, with quartz and mica, change to granite.
NUR JURUFT—
A hamlet in Bahrain Island (q. v.), Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
NCS (Ras and Ban par)—
A cape with a small anchorage in the Dhufar district {q. v.) of Southern Arabia.
NUSAIL—
A hamlet in Yemen, 25 miles by road from Sana'a on the way to Dhamar and Qi'tabah.
—{Hunler'a Map of Arabia.)
nuslah—
A small hamlet in Waii-al-Qor (q. v.), in 'Oman.
nuwadhir—
A tract of the great Nafud desert (q. v.), in Central Arabia.
nuwadis (a btt)—
Some wells in the Jafurah desert (q. v.) of Eastern Arabia.
nuw A fil—-
One of the client tribes of the Hirth (q. v.), of Sharqlyah, 'Oman Sultanate. The
singular form is Naufili.
NUWAIDRA'T (A n)—
A hamlet in Bahrain Island (q. v.), Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
NUWAIMAH ( or Nuwai'amah)—
A village in Widyan Dawasir {q. v.). South-western Najd.
NUWAISAH—
A watering place in BIyaih (q. v., part II), in the Hasa district of Extern Arabia.
NU ^One oUhe Sinjarah clans of the Southern Shammar (q. v.) tribe of Central Arabia.
^^One of the minor valleys descending from the west face of Jabal 'Aja (q. v.), in the Jabal
Shammar principality of Central Arabia.
NUWAMISAH— t sv j t a K*
A section of the Hataim tribe (q. v.) of Central Arabia.
NU ^One of the Al Muhammad clans of the Qahtan tribe (q. v.) of Central Arabia.
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