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ASH-ASI
ASHIK—
A small island in the Red Sea, o3 the coast of 'Ashir. It is south by east, 20 milea
from Jafairi, near the southern end of the Ashik Bank, with two larger ones in the same
line to the northward of it, at a distance of 7 cables and 2 miles, respectively. The
nearest is about 300 yards long, and the northermost and largest of the group, is about
half a imiles long.— (Bed Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot, 1909).
»A sh I m I yah—
A small district in Yemen, to the south-south-east of Sa'dhah, through which the Hajj
route passes.
MSHlRWAT (Q asr-al)—
A hamlet in Jabal Shammar {q, v.) in northern central Arabia.
ASHRAF—
Singular Sharif : there is also a plural Shurafa. A sacred or semi-sacred tribe, tracing
their origin to the Hejaz province and claiming kinship with the prophet Muhammad
through descent from the Imam Hasan; they are found in small numbers at various
points in Arabia and :n the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region, as for instance at Na'am in the district
Hariq, and possibly at Sabhah in Widyan T> iwasir. Some who live at Lailah in Aflaj
belong to a section called Saqar, while others at Saih in the sama district are Ha mid.
ASHRIFAH—
A hamlet on the left bank of the Euphrates nearly 16 miles below Hillah and almost
opposite the hamlet of Asharafah.
ASHSH (W adi)—
A small valley in northern Hejaz. It trends north-eastwards, and joins the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. "
as-Sani nearly 20 miles north by east from Qal 'at-al-Mu adhdham.
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'ASHSH (W adi)—
A small village in the Jabal Shammar district of central Najd, running between Jabal
Fitiq and Jabal Salmah. It is crossed by the Hail-Buraidah Tonte ,—{Huber; May,
1884).
'ASHURIYAH (BiR)—
A well in the Syrian desert, in northern Arabia, situated about 20 miles south-south-
west from Bir Samit, on the westerly route between Karbala and Hail. — [Leachman).
'ASI—
A well in Dhafrah {q. v.).
'ASI ( AL)—
A sub-section of the 'Ajman tribe {q. v.).
ASIBIYAH (W adi)—
A small water course in the Shamiyah district of north-west Arabia, and trending
north-eastwards towards Lake Habbanlyah, which, however, it does not reach.—
{Leachman).
'ASiBlYAT (Ruys-^i,)-
A small range of mountains in south-western Najd, in central Arabia, situated near
the Darb-as-Sultani, at a distance of 17 or 18 miles Westward of the 'Afif, wells. This
range lies on the west bank of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Shabrum.— {Ruber, 1884).
'ASIBIYAT (S ha'ab-al)—
A halting-place on the Darb-as-Sultani, and situated, according to Hunter's map,
at a distance of 24 miles west by south from 'Afif, which latter is nearly 150 miles south
south-west from 'Anaizah, in Qasim. Sha'ab-al-'Asibiyat consists of a group of wells