'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1478] (551/688)

QASIM
35 miles south-west
of 'Anaizah.
4 miles west of Bu-
raidah, in the same
hollow as Huwailan
and a little to the
north of it.
2 miles east of Bu-
raidah.
4 miles; from Burai-
dah on the route to
'Anizah, north of
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -ar-Rummah,
Adjoins Khabb-al-
Qabar on the south
west.
20 to 25 miles south
east of 'Anaizah.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
80 houses, chiefly of
Bani Khalid or, ac
cording to another
account, of 'Anai
zah and Mutair.
40 houses of Mutair
scattered among
date groves.
50 houses of mixed
Arabs, mostly 'Ani
zah.
15 houses of Mutair,
together and others
scattered.
200 houses of 'Ani
zah or possibly
'Ataibah.
Remarks.
See article Khabrah.
The date groves, which
are very valuable, ex
tend between 2 and 3
miles from north to
south.
Water is brackish.
There are numeroua
small date groves ; and
fruit, grain and veget
able are grown by
irrigation from wells
of sweet water 8 or 9
feet deep.
An ordinary village.
See article Mudhnib.
The place is walled and
has 4 gates ; in recent
years buildings has
extended beyond the
walls and houses are
also scattered among
the date groves to some
distance. A good pro
portion of the houses
have an upper Btorey.
The bazaar contains 20
shops and there are 3
mosques. The date
groves are extensive;
and wheat, maize,
lucerne, fruit and vege
tables are grown.
Water in wells about 6
fathoms deep is abund
ant but rather bitter.
Marble blocks of which
coffee mortars are
made are quarried in
the vicinity. Mudh
nib la under Burai-
dah.