'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1441] (502/688)

Name.
Musaifi (Yahfar)
On the northern
edge of the Madam
miles
Jabal
Rodhah (Jabal)
Samaini (Jabal)
Samaini ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. ) .,
plain, 2
west of
Rodhah.
About 4 miles
north-east of the
middle of the
Madam plain.
On the west side of
the tract under
consideration from
the Madam plain in
the north to the
southern extremity
In the southern
part of the tract
now in question.
A detached hill about
] ,500 feet high.
Sanaibil (Bat-hah)
Yidaiyah ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. )
A hogbacked range
running north and
south for a distance
of about 20 miles,
and attaining in one
place an altitude of
about 2,000 feet.
A broad drainage
hollow, enclosing the
plain of Haza'-adh-
Dhabi between itself
and Jabal Samaini,
and containing
further down the
water holes of Badu'.
Forms the southern An ordinary drainage
boundary of the
tract under consi
deration.
Along the western
border of the
Madam plain.
hollow or water
A fine Bat-hah or
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. which des
cends, in this part
of its course, from
south to north.
This range is parallel
to, but appears to be
separated by an in
terval from, the main
range of the 'Oman
Promontory, which
is to the east of it.
It emerges from a V-
shaped gap near the
south end of Jabal
Samaini and runs
first 4 miles west
wards, then 7 miles
northwards, and
then westwards
again to the desert.
It comes from the
neighbourhood of
Jabal Khadhra
(which is connected
with Mahadhah) on
the east and goes
westwards to the
desert. The well of
Dhakhar is on its
right bank.
On its right bank is
the well of Yidaiyah
lined with wood like
that of Masaifi.
Communications. —See Routes in Arabia, 1915.
Administration.—Each of the five principalities of Umm-al-Qaiwain, 'Ajman, Sharjah
Dibai and Abu Dhabi is ruled by an independent Shaikh, whose possessions on the sea
coast are generally under full control; while all except the Shaikh of 'Ajman, and parti
cularly the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, exercise some authority or influence over Bedouin tribes
in the interior. For further details the separate article on each principality mav be con
sulted.
Political position, foreign relation and foreign interests.—Hhe political position of Trucial
^ 'Oman in regard to Great Britain is difficult to define with exactitude ; it is regulated in
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