'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎371] (390/1050)

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some mountains which help caravans to locate them. The wells contain brackish water
at 4 to 9 fathoms. The watering rights of Baidha Nathil apparently belong to the Bishr
Arabs* {Doughty.)
Baidha Nathil is about 3 miles north-west of Munsaf, and consists of a few huts of
Masa'idah Ataibah, Some cereals are grown but no dates.
BAIDHAH—
A town in the Amudi tribal district, in Hadhramaut, and situated on the left bank of
the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Do an, about 10 miles north-north-east of J£huraibah. [HuTitzv'8 map of
Arabia,)
BAIDHAH—
8ve Samawah (Qadha),
BAIDHAH—
See Aden (Protectorate),
BAIDHAH (D istrict)—
See Aden (Protectorate).
BAIDHAH (J abal)—
One of the two mountain ranges enclosing Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tayin {q. v.), in the 'Oman Sultanate,
BAIDHAH (K hor-al)—
A creek on the coast of Trucial 'Oman which, leaving the sea half-way between Jazirat,
al-Hamra and Umm-ai-Qaiwain, runs parallel to the coast for 4 miles at a distance of
I mile inland and terminates in the bay of Umm-al-Qaiwain, entering the same at its
north-eastern corner. The island thus formed is known as Siniyah and belongs to the
Umm-al-Qaiwain Principality: it has no date trees but contains the ruins of two deserted
villages, namely Mallah at the north-east end, where there is an unoccupied fort belong
ing to the Shaikh of Umm-al-Qaiwain, and Siniyah at the south-eastern extremity,
where an old mosque may be seen. It is said that scarcity of water obliged the inhabit
ants to migrate to Umm-al-Qaiwain Town, The Shaikh of Umm-al-Qaiwain sometimes
goes hawking on the island,
BAIDHATAIN—
See Aja,
BAIDI—
A camping site in the Herrat Khaibar, north-western Najd, and regarded by the Arabs
as a natural wonder. It is a vast nuqrah, in the basalt floor of which are two ancient
well pits. This is a summer water station of the Saba'ah,— {DougMy.)
BAIDRAH (H isn)—
triW district, in Amudi, Hadhramawt, and situated at the junction
of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Raidat-ad-Din with its tributary the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Rahadh. It is about milpo
up stream from Amd.— [Wrtde,] 1
BAIGH0T— •
A village in the 'Oman promontory.
Shihuh tribe {q, v.).
BAIHAN—
Set Aden (Protectorate),
BAIHAN (W adi)—
See Aden (Protectorate),
BAIJAWlYAH—
See Bahrain (Island),
It is the habitat of the Qaiyashah section of the