'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎190] (205/1050)

AQI-AQR
'AQlQAH ( C hannel)—
See Hammar Lake.
'AQLAH—
A Bedouin summer encampment in JabalShammar {q.v.) in northern Central Arabia.
AQLAM—
A Bedouin camping ground, with a well, in the interior of Qatar {q.v.),
AQLAM (J ibal)—
Two hillocks near the above.
II—
One of the hamlets of 'Aqdah {q.v.) in Jabal 'Aja.
'AQQ ( W adi-al)—
This name appears to denote not one valley in the Eastern Hajar district of the 'Oman
Sultanate but two, of which the eastern enters Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Samail one mile and the other 2 miles
above Sarur, both on the right bank; the second is the true Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al'Aqq. In the last
4 or 5 miles of their course the two valleys run parallel and close together.
. The eastern valley contains the villages of Lizugh and Mizra' Bu Ba'arah; Lizugh
is 11 miles up the valley on the right bank and consists of 100 houses of Nidabiyin while
Mizra' Bu Ba'areh, also on] the right bank, is 8 miles above Lizugh and comprises
80 houses of Nidabiyin. At each of these villages the usual livestock are found and about
1,000 date palms.
The villages of the western valley are three; Fankh, on the right bank, 4 miles from
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Samail, 50 houses of Nidabiyin; Da'asar or 'Aqq, on the left bank 5 miles from Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Samail, 50 houses of Nidabiyln, and Sinsilah, 5 miles further up, 40 houses of Nidabiyin
These villages also have the usual complement of livestock and from 500 to 700 date palms
each.
The total population of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-'Aqq is about 1,500 souls.
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Saijani joins Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-'Aqq at Fankh, apparently from the western side.
A pass at the head of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-'Aqq, 3 miles of Sinsilah, leads into Sharqiyah, and is
one of the best routss thither : the topography of this part is not well understood, but the
route after crossing the watershed falls info Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Samad.
The command of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-'Aqq is of high importance to the Sultan of 'Oman
as it is one of the principal routes by which Sharqiyah insurgents have been accustomed
to enter Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Samail and advance against his capital. The Sultan has no post in the vaUey
and controls it, so far as he is able, by keeping the Nidabiyin tribe upon his side.
'AQQAN (W adi)—
. A valle y having its origin in southern Yemen, and draining into the Warzan valley
m the Aden Protectorate. It rises south-eastward of Jabal Samah, and runs east-north
east.
'AQR—
A village in the Sub-Wilayat of Shinas. {q.v.),
'AQR—
A hamlet in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tiwi (q.v.) in the 'Oman Sultanate.
'AQRA— *
A general term eovering a number of rural tribes of 'Iraq {q.v.) j see also Dagharah.
'AQRA—
Hei f aZ ' COn 1 Stitut t in , g one of the haltin g P^oes on the Egyptian HajJ
viiifi V Aiw .y ia T 5 sv cs of the coast, and is 15 hours'journey south-west by
Ikc^nberlSollI}^' possess a few all trees, but no water.—j