'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎316] (335/1050)

316
BAD—BAD
other livestock are in the usual proportions. The following is a table of the component
parts and dependencies of Badi' :—■
Position.
See above ..
At the lower end of a
hollow which comes
down from Shutbah
at the south-west
comer of Aflaj.
In the hollow which
comes down from
(Shtitbah, above
Hinu,
In the
Badf.
middle of
On the west of Taraf
and closely adjoin
ing it.
See above
Houses and inhabitants.
The people are Sukha-
birah Dawasir.
No permanent habita
tions, but some cultiva
tion by inhabitants of
Badi'.
Ditto.
A fort contammg only a
few households of
slaves*
15 houses (rf Dawasir of
the Ishkarah (Harath-
mah) section^
The people are Ishkarah
(A1 Bu 'Ali) Dawasir.
The northern
Badi'*
quarter ol
There is a date grove,
practically wild. Crops
are cultivated only in
promising seasons when
they are likely to be
worth protecting against
Bedouins.
There is a date grove and
melons are grown;
cereals also are
cultivated but are apt
to suffer by the depreda
tions of Bedouins*
The fori belonged ori
ginally to the Hijji of
Lailah, but about 35
years ago the other
Dawasir of the neigh
bourhood attacked and
ejected them.
A small hamlet forming
a suburb of Badf.
The southern quarter of
Badf.
BADI—
See 'AzizTyah (Qadha).
BADI (A l) {or BID YAH)—
See Bidyab.
bad! 1 ah—
See Tayln ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. ).
BADFAH—
A village in Liwah {see Dhafrah),
BADIWAI—
A section of the Dam' tribe {q. v.) of the 'Oman Sultanate.
BADIYAH—
An important and populous division of the Sharqiyah district of the 'Oman Sultanate.
It consists of a plain several miles in extent, having its centre about 25 miles south-east