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BARADH'lYAH—
See 'Arab (Shatt-al).
• BARAHIMMA—
See Ibrahim (Bani).
BARAIKI—
A tribal district in north-west Hadhramawt, on the south side of the main valley be"
tween Saihan and the Amri country. It includes the once well-known settlement o ^
Shabwah*
BAR AIM (J abal)—
See Haia (Al) (District).
BARAIM—
A small village on the west shore of 'Abbadan Island {q. v.) and situated just outsid®
the Anglo-Persian Oil Company's Concession on the north-west.
BARAIM (J abal)—
Set Sa'adan (Jau-as).
BARAIM-AL-BlDH—
A hill in south-western Arabia, apparently situated between the province of 'Asir and
the Ruba'-al-Khali, and amongst the upper branches of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Dawasir. {Hunter'§
map of Arabia.)
BARAIM- AS-SUD—
A hill situated some 30 miles to the north of Baraim-al-Bidh {q. v.). {Hunter's map of
Arabia.)
BARAIMAN—
See Biyadh.
BARAIMI (O asis)—*
In English formerly spelt " Brymee, " a remarkable oasis in the district of Jau, in a
tract situated between the 'Oman Sultanate and Trucial 'Oman which may be described
as Independent 'Oman ; it was formerly known also as Tuwamiyah, but this name fallen
into disuse.
Position and extent.— exact situation by latitude and longitude of Jimi, one of the
most central villages in the oasis, is given in the table of villages below; it shows the
oasis to lie a little south of a straight line drawn between the towns of Sohar and Abu
Dhabi, about 65 miles west by south of the former, and 85 miles east by south of the
latter. The plain of Baraimi is bordered on the north by the wilderness of Ramlat Kahal;
on the east by well wooded plains and small ridges of hills belonging to the district of
Jau ; on the south by Jabal Hafit; and on the west by the first dunes of an ocean of sand
that stretches without interruption to the coast of Abu Dhabi. The oasis is nearly
circular and its diameter is about six miles.
Inhabitants and villages. —The population of Baraimi amounts to about 5,500 souls,
of whom the greater number are Dhawahir, some are Na'im and a few are Bani Yas.
The general condition of the people is poor, probably in consequence of tribal warfare and
chronic insecurity rather than of the natural conditions of their existence, and the
prosperity which seems to distinguish the place is said to be more apparent than real.
The food of the inhabitants is mainly dates and coarse bread or rice, but they vary their
diet with salt fish and goats' or camels' flesh. Milk is abundant, and a hard cream cheese
is made, the juice of the euphorbia being sometimes used instead of rennet. The
women wear an unbecoming black veil and high-heeled shoes: their work is to spin;
to weave, to make felt, and to tend the goats and kine
•The map for the Baraimi Oaaiais ItovU taUn by Major p. Z. Cox, $tc., 1905 ; see first footnote in article
Xrucftl H)man.