'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎197] (212/1050)

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'ARAB 197
On the way from Basrah to a point opposite the mouth of the Kai'un, a distance of 22
miles by water :—
Name.
Nature
and
position.*
, Inhabitants
and
houses.
Remarks.
Kh»rah
A village about 2
miles up a creek of
which the mouth
is 2^ miles below
the house that was
the British Consu
late at Basrah.
4,000 souls of vari
ous tribes. There '
are about 30 brick
housed here: the
other dwellings are
huts.
Estimated resources are
200,000 date palms,
1,000 cattle, 2,000 sheep
and goats, 20 horses and
8 camels. The Khorah
creek is said to reach
the dry desert behind.
'Ajairawiyah island
begins a short distance
above the mouth of
this creek.
Baradh'iyah
A village, about 1
mile up a creek of
which the mouth
is J of a mile below
the mouth of the
Khorah creek.
600 souls of the
'Idan and other
tribes inhabiting
huts.
The date plantations
this village are very
dense. Estimated re
sources, are 100,00
palms, 200 cattle, 500
sheep and goats, and 10
horses.
Saraji
A village, about 2
miles up a large
creek of which
the entrance is J
of a mile below
the Baradh'iyah
creek.
2,000 souls of the
'Idan and other
tribes inhabitating
huts. As the
creek is entered
from the river
there is a large
houses on the right
belonging to 'Ab
dul Wahhab-al
Qirtas, and another
on the left which
is the property of
AghaJa'far, Agent
of the Bombay and
Persian Steam Navi
gation Company.
At low water the creek is
almost dry at 1 mile
from the Hver. Esti
mated resources are
60,000 date trees, 300
cattle, 400 sheep and
goats and 10 horses.
Mahaulat-az-
Zuhair.
A village on the
bank of the: river,
4 miles below the
house that was the
British Consulate
at Basrah.
200 souls of Mu-
haisin of the
Bait Kana'an sec
tion and of other
tribes. There are
2 or 3 well built
stone houses here ;
the rest of the habi
tations are huts.
Resources are estimated
as 5,000 date trees, 20
cattle. 35 sheep and
goats, and 6 horses.
*1116 terms right and left bank are used of creeks as if the latter were streams flowing Into the river.