'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎331] (350/1050)

BAHRAIN 331
Name.
Libainat-al-'Aliyah
Libainat-as-Safi-
liyah.
Mattalah (Ras-al-)
Moj (Ras Abul)
Na'aija ..
Nomah (Ras)
Qadhaibiyah
(Dohat-al-).
Position.*
J miles west-north
west of Budaiya'.
8 miles west-south
west of Budaiya'.
On the west side of
Bahrain Island, 8
miles south by west
of Jabal-ad-Dukhan.
On the west coast 4J
miles west-south-
west of Jabal-ad-
Dukhan.
2 miles west-north
west of Budaiya'.
On the west coast, 6
miles south-west by
west of Jabal-ad-
Dukhan.
On the north-east
coast of Bahrain
between Jufair and
Halat Bin-Anas
villages.
Nature.
Islet
Do.
Cape
Do.
Rocks
Cape
4 4
A large bay with a
clear sandy beach.
Remarks.
Sandy and covered
with low scrub ;
the surface is 2
feet above sea-
level at high water.
Ditto.
Inland miles
from the cape is a
well called 'Ain-al-
Mattalah. A salt
plain called Mim-
lahat-al-Matt a 1 a h
about 4 miles in
length, extends
from Ras-al-Matta-
lah to Ras Dubas:
here the people of
Bahrain extract
salt for domestic
consumption.
They rise 2 feet
above high water
mark.
A short distance in
land is the village of
'Adaim.
In summer an en
campment, extend
ing a mile along the
shore and having 2
or 3 wide streets
which run through
out its length, is
formed here. The
occupants are people
of Muharraq Town
Hadd and HSlat
Abu Mahur; they
inhabit 'Arishes of
date fronds having
compounds walled in
with the same mate
rials, and their water
is fetched from the
Umm-ash-Sha'um
wells.
*In this column " aboTQ " means to the north and " below " to the south, of the point specified.
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