'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎209] (224/1050)

ARAB
209
Name,
Nature
and
position.
Dawasir Dis
trict.
Dorah, or
Dorat Bin-
Ibrahim.
A district, extend
ing downstream
for about 18 miles,
from a point op
posite the upper
or northern end of
Ziyadiyah island.
A tract, beginning
immediately below
the Dawasir
District and ex
tending from a
point 15 miles by
river to another
10^ miles by
river above the
lao civil station.
A tract with a
frontage of 7 J
miles on the
river, beginning
10| miles by
stream, and end
ing 3J miles by
stream, above the
Fao civil station.
A creek which
divides it from
Dorah is known
as the Ma'amir
creek.
Inhabitants
and
houses.
1,500 souls of the
'Idan and 'Itub
tribes, occupying
huts which form
about 12 distinct
hamlets.
1,500 souls of mixed
tribes, partly Mun-
tafik, distributed
among about 25
small hut villages,
each of which as a
rule stands on a
separate little creek
of its own. The
district has a small
population for its
size. It is thus
somewhat similar to
Fao.
Remarks.
See article Dawasir Dis
trict.
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This is a prosperous
tract containing about
12,000 prolific palms :
grapes, oranges and
figs are cultivated as
well as dates. Live
stock are estimated
at 120 cattle, 200
sheep and goats and
160 horses. Bricks
were formerly made
here and a large kiln
is still a conspicuous
object a little below
the middle of the
tract, but the industry
has now ceased in
consequence of the
cost of transport to
Basrah. This was
the starting point of
a boat expedition sent
by Yusuf-bin-Ibrahim
against Kuwait in
1902.
Date palms are estimat
ed at 6,000, and
livestock at 450 cattle,
300 sheep and goats,
50 horses and 30
donkeys. The tract
is not fully developed
having come into
existence as a settle
ment only during
the last 30 years.
At the lower end of
Ma'amir, on the
border of Fao, are
date plantations
owned by nephews of
the present Shaikh of
Kuwait and known
as Sufiyah.
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