'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎211] (226/1050)

ARA-ARA
'arab—
An old disused name for the whole of Muharraq Island in Bahrain ; it is now applied
only to one of the villages which are described in the table in the article on Muharraq
Island.
'arld (dohat)—
A large bay in Muharraq island (g.v.) in the Bahrain archipelago.
aradgarh—
A solitary hill in the north of the Syrian desert, which lies near the old Baghdad
Damascus postal route, at a distance of about 25 miles west of Bir Mulusi.— {Leachman.)
S ARIDHI ( al B u )—
A section of the Bani Hasan, one of the rural tribes of 'Iraq {q.v.) ; see also Najaf
Qadha*
'aradh I yeh—
A hamlet on the western shore of 'Abbadan Island {q.v.),
'ARAF—
One of the spring watering the village of 'Awamiyah in he Qatif oasis, {q.v.),
'arafah—
A section of the settled Bani Khalid tribe {q.v. ) living in the desert village of Quwa'Iyah.
No information is available regarding these people.
arafan—
One of the families of the Shabah sction of the Bani Mutair {q.v.); see Umwahah sub
division of the 'Ilwah.
'ARAFAT ( JABAL)—
A celebrated mountain in Hejaz, in eastern Arabia, situated at a distance of about 14
miles to the north-north-east of Mecca. In shape it is pyramidal, and consists of a mass
of coarse granite, split into large blocks, with a thin coating of withered thorns.
The mountain is about one mile in circumference, and rises abruptly to a height of 180
to 200 feet. A dwarf wall at the southern base forms the line of demarcation of the
mountain, which is separated from the spurs of the Taif hills by the Batn Arnah, a sandy
vale. At the base of it are the springs which feed the conduit leading to Mecca. On
the summit there is a paved platform surmounted by a stone beacon. The surrounding
country is rough and mountainous, especially to the east, but 'Arafat itself stands
isolated in the middle of a level, scrub-covered plain. The days of the pilgrimage to
'Arafat are the 8th, 9th, and 10th of DhilHijjah. The camp is formed round the hill
on the flat, and covers several square miles.—-{Burton ; Wavell.)
' ARAFAT ( Qahw AT )—
A halting place on the Mecca-Taif road, distant nearly six hours' journey from the
former town. It is situated near the eastern limits of the 'Arafat plain, in the vicinity
of the canal of Mecca, and consists of a cluster of Arab huts, similar to those at Haddah
on the Jiddah-Mecca caravan road, and inhabited chiefly by Bani Quraish. These
Arabs grow vegetables in a valley stretching away to the south.— {J. L. Burchkardt, 1814).
'ARAFAJIYAH—
Some wells in Sudah {q.v.) in the Kuwait Principality.
'ARAH (RAS-AL)—
A cape in the Aden Protectorate, situated about 27 nautical miles eastward of Perim,
and separating the Dhubbat-al-Haikah from the Khor 'Umalriah. It has a good anchor
age in about 4 fathoms in the small bay to the westwards , but the shore around the bay
is rather steep. There is a supply of fresh water near this headland alongside a grove of
date trees. The local natives should not be trusted. {Bed Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot
1909.) r
2e2.