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A small village in the Tathlith district, to the north-east of Asir. It is situated about
60 miles south-east by south from Bishah, an important easis in the upper reaches of
tehe Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Dawasir. See also Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tathlith.
'AMK (JABAL)—
The name given to some small hills lying a few miles to the south of the village of
'Amk [q. v.)
AMKADS (Island)—
One of three rocky islets north-westward of Has Kalban, which is a headland on the
west coast of the Island of Masirah, on the south-east coast of 'Oman. Between
Sanfar, the northern islet, and A1 Hara, the next, which lies 2 miles stouth-westhward
from it, are two patches of sunken rocks and two to three fathoms of water, on the bank
between the islet and the rocks. Amkads, the southern islet, lies one miles west-north
west from Has Kalban, and makes from the south-westward as a patch of sand with a
small black rock at its western end. The islet can be seen about seven miles distant.
(Hed Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot, 1939).
AMLAH (W adi)—
One of the numerous valleys of Jabal Salmah {q. v.) in Jabal Shammar, in northern
central Arabia.
AM-AMMA—
A mountain rage in Southern Yemen lying some 50 miles to the north-west of Aden.
The range contains many dark-coloured jagged peaks.
'AMMAN—
An important station on the Hejaz Railway, situated 138^ miles south of Damascus.
The station consists of large two-storeyed buildings, and possesses a coal depot, an engine
shed, and a water tank with a capacity of 11,200 gallons supplied by a stream pump
from the river close by. Near the station is a Circassian village of about 800 houses
situated in the midst of a well-cultivated area.— {Lieutenant-Colonel Maunsell, 1907),
'AMMAR—
A sub-division of the Al Hasan division of the Dawasir {q. v.) tribe.
'AMMAR—
A division of the Zubaid (g-. v.) tribe.
'AMMAR—
A section of the 'Abudah tribe.
'AMMARI—
The singular form of 'Amamarah (tribe.)
' AMMARI Y AH—
A village in, and also a trbutary of, Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hamfah [q. v.),
AMQ—
A hamlet on the Dhahiriyah side of Masirah Island {q. v.) off the south-eastern coast
of 'Oman.
'AMQ—
A hamlet in the Sohar Wilayat {q. v.) of the 'Oman Sulanate.
'AMQ—
A tiny hamlet in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tiwi {q, v,) in the sulanate of 'Oman.