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ADH—ADI
'ADHYAN (Tribe)—
See 'Ataibah (tribe)j a sub-division of the Roqah section.
ADI—
See Qasr ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. ).
'ADI (Bani)—
Singular 'Adwani. A Hinsiwi tribe of the 'Omln Sultanate, found chiefly in tho
western Hajar district where they occupy the villages of Sawilih, Murbah, Qasra, Gha-
shab and Wabil in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Fara'. They are found also on the coasb at Qiiryat and at Ghu-
waisah in the sub-Wilayat of Saham. Those at Ghashab belong to a section called
Bani Bakr. Their total number is about 5,000 souls. At present they have no Tami-
mah or other recognised chiefs.
ADID—
See Fuwwah.
'ADIL—
One of the branches of the Jahalah canal {q.v.), in south-eastern'Iraq.
ADlM ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. )—
One of the many valleys which have their heads in the high plateau of Haibal Qabrain
and run towards the main Hadhramaut valley. The curious feature of most of these
valleys is the sudden and rapid descent into them. They look as if they had been
cut out of the plateau like slices out of a cake. In the valleys themselves there is very
little slope ; and most of the valley heads, with the exception of that of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Adim, are
of a nearly uniform height with the main valley. Their sides are walls of rock nearly
1,000 feet high, and eaten away as it were out of the plateau.
The Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Adim, which is the property of the Jabberi, is fruitful and rich, and there
are miles of palm groves. It is about 100 feet higher than the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -bin-'Ali, the gra
dient of the bed being greater, and the mountains on each siie lower. It is the most
frequented caravan route between the Hadhramaut and Shihr. At Ghail 'Umr there
is a considerable running stream, which comes from a minor valley called Loban. Above
Sa'ah the wddi becomes narrow, stony and uninteresting, the bed sloping gradually
but imperceptibly.
The following villages occur in the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Adim, commencing from the head of the
valley:—
Name.
Position.
Bank.
Remarks.
Disbah . •
At the head of the valley,
about 32 miles north
west of Shihr.
• •
A village with water; alti
tude about 2,890 ft.
Baukban (Blr) ,,
10 miles below Disbah ..
R.
A well of brackish water in
a bare place at the mouth
of a valley. There are
several tombs between here
and Luknah, one of which,
with three upright stones is
considered sacred by the
Hamumi Elevation, 2,690
feet.
Luknah ,•
2 miles below Bir Bauk
ban.
R.
A village.