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A3I-AJM
'AJIJAT ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. )—
A small watercourse in north-western Arabia. It rises near the Harrat Sydeniyln
and runs northwards passing close to Tabuk.
'AJlL (B ani)—
A division of the Zubaid tribe {q. v.).
AJILLA (J abae)—
A hill in Najd, situated about 15 miles south-west from 'Afif on the 'Anaizah-Mecca
route. The land between this mountain and Jabal-eth-Th'al, 8 miles to the south-south
west, is called Shabrum ; it is flat and covered with acacia trees and a low prickly herb,
with purple blossoms, of the same name.
In this neighbourhood are some cattlepits called Shabrami.— (Doughty)*
'A JIN AH (U mm)—
A tract in the Samawah Qadha (#, v.) of 'Iraq.
AJIRAH (Jabalat)—
An island of the west coast of Qatar {q. v.).
'AJLAN (or ' Ajalin)— ,
A section of the 'Ammar sub-division of the A1 Hasan division of the Dawasir {q, v.)
tribe.
'AJLAN (Q usur B in)—
A hill in the Na'alah tract of the district of Al-Hasa and apparently situated near the
eastern edge of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Faruq towards the southern end. Qusur Bin 'Ajlan marks
the southernmost limits of the tract known as Ghuwar {q. v.) and divides it from that
of JafCirah. See also Hasa District.
AJLANIYAH—
A considerable village in Hadhramaut {q. v.).
'AJMA—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tayln [q. v.) in the 'Oman Sultanate.
'AJMAN TOWN and PRINCIPALITY—
Sometimes pronounced 'Aiman. A town on the coast of Trucial 'Oman forming,'
with its immediate environs, a small independent principality of which the political
position is defined in the article on Trucial'Oman. It is situated 6 miles south-west of
Hamnyah and 5 miles north-east of Sharjah Town, on the south side of the entrance
to a creek which, having a bar of sand not of rock with 5 feet of water on it at low,.tide
is one of the most accessible on this part of the coast; the sea anchorage off 'Ajman,
however, is bad. Fresh water for drinking is obtained from wells 9 feet deep, of which
the locality is constantly changing.
The population of'Ajman is_ about 750 so Is, composed of 25 houses of Na'Tm of
the Qaratisah, Hamlrat, and A1 Bu Dhanain section, 80 houses of A1 Bu Mahair, 12
houses of Sudan, 14 of A1 Bu Kalbi, 5 of Masaibah and 12 of Shaqdsh. All the inhabi
tants are pearl divers and fishermen : they own about 40 pearl boats and 25 fishing
boats, besides some 60 camels, 20 horses 100 donkeys, 100 cattle and 400 goats. The
plantations of the town contain about 1,900 date trees: there is no other cultivation.
One or two boats are built here each year, but most of these in use have been obtainpri
from Sharjah or Dibai.
The authority of the Shaikh only extends 2 miles inland, and, upon the sea, IJ miles
south-westwards and 2J miles north-eastwards, embracing on the last-mentioned
side part of the tract called Zora: his dominions are thus an enclave in Sharjah
territory. There is no dependent village, and no Bedouin tribe owes allegiance
to the Shaikh, who is of the Qaratisah section of the Na'Im: a political alliance
and friendly relations, however, generally subsist between the inhabitants of