'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎121] (136/1050)

AFLAJ
121
Name.
Position.
Houses and inhabi
tants.
Remarks.
Raudhah
About 3 miles south
of Kharfah and 10
miles north by
west of Bad!'.
....
See article Raudhah.
Saih
About 4 miles south
east of Lailah and
7 miles north-east
of Raudhah.
....
See article Saih.
Shinadhir (Umm)
1J miles north of
Wusailah.
20 houses of Fadh-
ul, forming a
Qasr, and 10 of
inferior tribes.
There are about 500
date palms. Water
in the wells is at
about 9 fathoms.
Shutbah
At the head of a
valley which drains
down north-east
wards to Hinu, a
place connected
with Badi'.
40 houses of Bani
Khadhir, cultiva
tors. The owners
are Khadhran Da-
wasir who re
side elswhere and
only visit the place
to collect their share
of the produce in
the harvest.
There are 2,000 date
palms here, but no
fruit trees of other
kinds. There is also
ordinary cultivation
of cereals and lu
cerne. The village
is described as cap
able of much im
provement, but
greatly neglected by
its present owners.
Starah
It the hills of Aflaj
in the same valley
as Ghail, but per
haps 12 miles fur
ther up it and west
wards.
20 houses of Sahul of
the Qubabinah sec
tion and 60 houses
of inferior tribes.
Cultivated date palms
are estimated at
3,000 and wild ones
at 1,500. The culti
vation and livestock
are the same as in
the other hill vil
lages of Aflaj. The
water level is 2 to
3 fathoms below the
surface of the
ground.
Wasit
In the same valley
as Hamar, but per
haps 5 miles fur
ther east and fur
ther down.
30 houses of Da-
wasir of the Huq-
ban section and 20
of Bani Khadhir.
Date palms number
about 7,000 and are
partly owned by in
habitants of Hamar,
Other fruits and
crops are average ;
so also are livestock,
except that there are
no horses. Water
occurs at 4 fathoms.