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'ATWA (B ir al)—
A well situated on the western route between Hail and Karbala. It lies about north
east by north from Hail, and at a distance from it of 22^ hours, or roughly 70 miles. The
well is about 50 fathoms deep, and built of hewn stone, of good and evidently very ancient
workmanship.—( Wallin, May 8th, 1848.)
ATWA (J abal)—
A sharp, triple-peaked mountain close to Khaibar, in western Najd.— {Doughty.)
ATWAINIJ (U mm)—
A plain in Jahrah {q. v.) in the Kuwait principality.
AT WAR—
A small village in northern Arabia, lying nearly 25 miles to the north of Jauf-al- 'Umr.-^
{Butler and Aylmer, January, 1908.)
'AUDAH—
A village in Sadair {q, v.) in Najd.
'AUDAH—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hanlfah {q. v.),
'AUDAH (A l)—
Some lands in Majar-as-Saghir ; see Hammar Lake.
'AUDAH (A l)—
A canal giving off from the right bank of the Tigris some 500 yards downstream of
the Chahailah mounds, between Kut and Shaikh Sa'ad. It drains into the Shi'ab
Chahailah in which it is retained. The 'Audah canal does not ordinarily overflow its
banks.
AUDHAN (Z or al-)—
A tract in the Hasa Sanjaq, forming its extreme north-eastern corner upon the sea.
On the coast it extends from Jabal Manlfah on the north, where it meets the Kuwait
district of Sudah, to MusallamTyah bay which forms its southern limit. Inland it is
bounded by the marshy depression known as Sabakhat-al-Mutaya. It is in fact the
irregularly shaped strip cut off by a line joining Jabal Manifah to the foot of Musalla-
mlyah bay, and its extent measured in any direction hardly exceeds 20 miles and is
generally much less.
The principal features of the Zor-al-Audhan coast are the capes of Ras-al-Ghar, Ras-
al-Musainah and Ras-al-Bidya' ; of these the first is about 14 miles south-east of Jabal
Manifah, the last in 8 or 9 miles further to the south and forms the northern entrance
point of Musallamiyah bay, and the second is about midway between the other two
but rather nearer to Ras-al-Bidya'. Off Ras-al-Ghar is a pearl bank similarly named.
The wells of the Zor-al-Audhan tract are Ruwaqiyah on the coast half way between
Ras-al-Ghar and Ras-al-Musainah; Bahajah in the centre of the tract; and Siidah
about 3 miles inland from the north-western side of Musallamiyah bay. The water of
all three is indifferent in quality.
'AUDILLAH (K atjr-al)—•
See Aden Protectorate.
'AUF—
One of the Bani-as-Safar families of the Masrdh division of the Harb {q. v.) tribe.
'AUF—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Dima {q. v.).