'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1581] (660/688)

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1581
RtJMAIL (A bu)—
A locality on the rlglit bank of the Tigris {q. v.), the centre of it being about
^ miles by river below the British Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. at Baghdad.
RUMAILAH—
A station on the Basrah-Nasiriyah line ; it is 40 miles by rail from Basrah (Makina),
7 miles by rail west-north-west from Nakhailah station, and 8 miles by road due west
from Grainat. At Rumailah there are a few shallow wells, about 8 feet deep, with brack
ish water.
RUMAILAH—
One of the fariq*, or quarters, of Dohah town {q. v.), the chief town of Qatar, eastern
Arabia.
RUMAILAH—
A detached quarter of the town of Al-Wakrah {q. v.) on the east coast of Qatar, eastern
Arabia.
RUMAILAT—
The name of two quite distinct localities on the Tigris (7. v.) ; the first is between 8 and
9 miles below BaghdadTyah and is on the right bank, and the second has its centre
about 61- miles below Kut-al-'Amarah and is on the left bank.
RUMAILT—
A locality on the right bank of the Tigris (g. v.) a little way below 'A mar ah town; it
extends from Nahr Rumaili, the mouth of which is rather more than 6 miles below
'Amarah, for a distance up-stream of about 3 miles.
RUMAIS—
A hamlet in the maritime district of Batinah {q. t'.) in the Sultanate of 'Oman.
RUMAITHAH—
A town in 'Iraq, generally known as Ubaiyidh {q. v.).
RUMAITHAT—
A section of the Bani Yas tribe (q. v.) of Trucial 'Oman.
RUMAIYAH—
Arable lands without permanent dwellings in Raudhah (q. v.) in the Aflaj district of
Najd.
RUMAMAIN (J abal)—
A couple of hillocks in Bahrain Island {q. v.) in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
RUMHAILAH (I sland)—
RUMHAILAH—
An island in the Shatt-al- 'Arab, lying in what is known as the boat channel, between
the island of Umm-al-Khasasif and the Arab bank of the river. Rumhailah lies off
the western end of Umm-al-Khasasif and is about 1,000 yards long, with a maximum
breadth of perhaps 250 yards. It is of recent formation and increasing in size. The
inhabitants comprise a few families of Shaikh Hasan, with a few date trees and
domestic animals. Adjoining it downstream" is Umm-al-Yababi, with which it is
practically connected.— {Murphy.)
RUMHiYAH—
A group of wells in the 'Aridh district of central Arabia and situated rather more than
60 miles north by east from Riyadh and 8 or 10 miles west-south-west from the Rumah
group. The wells are four in number and contain fairly good water at about 3 fathoms.
—{ShaJcespf.ar.)