'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1587] (666/688)

ROtS-AL-JIBAL
1587
Name.
Chir (Abu)
Dorsinni
Elphinstone Inlet
Fadhghab
Faiyarin (Umm-
al).
Fanakhab
Film ..
Pos'tion.
2 miles west of
Gun island and
separated from the
mainland by the
Mukhalif strait,
which is i mile
broad with 35 fath
oms of water in it
and a high rock in
mid-channel.
At the extremity
of the peninsula at
Kaa Qabr Hindi.
On the west coast, 2
miles south-west of
Bakhah.
On the east coast, 7
miles north-east of
the middle of the
entrance of Ghubbat
Ghazirah.
On the east coast, 2
miles east of Kha«
sab, within the en
trance of Khor-ash-
Sham.
At the bottom of
the outermost large
cove which runs out
of Ghubbat Ghazi
rah on its north side.
Nature.
30 to 60 feet deep in
a date-plantation
behind the village.
There is a square
fort on a hillock | a
mile east of the
village.
Island 1,200 yards
long from north to
south, having cliffs
all round and a
peaked hill 400 feet
high.
A fishing station with
one house owned by
the fishermen who
frequent it.
Village of 40 mud and
stone houses
with a few date-trees,
situated on a sandy
beach with deep
w ater close to it.
Rocky islet 360 feet
high and about ^ of
a mile long.
Village of 5 or 6 mud
and stone houses.
Village of 60 mud
built houses.
R emarks.
fishing. They have
7 sea-going vessels
running to Batinah,
Trucial 'Oman and
the ports of Fars,
also 30 fishing boats.
In charts called " Jazi-
ratAbu Sir." (A view
of a bay near the
Mukhalif strait is
given in Burchardt'a
O^t-Arahiev, e/r.)
Visited by Rhihuh
of the Bani Shatair
section from Kumzar.
See article
Sham.
Khor-ash-
People are Shihuh
of the Bani Hadiyah
section, subsisting by
fishing and feultiva-
tion of dates. They
have only 3 or 4 fishing
boats.
Nil.
People are Shihuh
of the Bani Hadiyah
sect : on. They own 2
or 3 fishing boats.
Inhabitants are Dha-
hudyin, who fish and
own some dates at
Dibah. They possess
5 large Sambuks and
30 small fishing
Batfls.
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