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DHA-DHA
BHARIF (T el)—
A mound in Mesopotamia situated about 10 miles north-east from Hillali.
DHARIR (J abal)—
A range of hills in western Hadhramaut in the upper Aulaqi country north of Sailan.
DHARIYAH—
See Najd (South-western district).
DHARR (U mm-adh)—
See Biyadh; part VI.
DHARUB—
The mud flat, near the entrance to Kuwait Bay, on which stands Failakah Island
BHARWAN (Al)—
A sub-division of the Al Sulaiman section of the 'Ajman tribe (q.v.).
bhAt-al ha jj—
A well-built fort on the Syrian Hajj route, and station on the Hejaz Railway,
Doughty describes it as containing good vaulted cisterns of masonry, and says that at
the time of his visit, water from a slightly sulphurous spring was stored in one of the
smaller ones. He says that at Dhat-al Hajj there is pasturage and a palm grove, and
that the flood-water from Jabal-ash-Sharrah reaches here. The railway station which
consists of two buildings and a siding, is a quarter of a mile west of the old stone fort, on
the pilgrim route. After rain, water stands in pools between the station and the fort,
and also along the line itself. There are usually half a dozen Zaptiehs in the qaVah.—
{Maunsell)
BHAWAHTR—
A considerable Arab tribe who have their headquarters in the Baraimi Oasis and
inhabit its neighbourhood practically the whole Baraimi Oasis except the villages of
Sa'arah and Baraimi belongs to them. They number perhaps 4,500 souls and are
divided into 3^ sections, the Daramikah, who inhabit Hili, Ma'ataradh and Qatarab.;
the Jawabir, who are confined to 'Ain ; and the Bani Sa'ad, who own Jimi In politics
the Dhawahir are Hinawiyah ; in religion Muwalik. In summer all of them inhabit vil
lages ; in winter the entire community become Bedouins. They own large flocks of
sheep and many camels ; they are charcoal-burners and carry their charcoal for sale
to the coast of Trucial 'Oman and elsewhere, on their own camels. The Dhawahir have
probably little cultivation elsewhere than in Baraimi, unless, as some assert, the
Bani Sa'ad of Ghunah and Mad-hah in Shamaillyah belong to this tribe. Politically
the Dhawahir of Baraimi are subservient to the Shaikh of Abu Dhabi, to whom they
even pay tribute ; and it is not unlikely that, if they were to avail themselves of their
numerical superiority and of his assistance, they might be able to possess themselves of
the whole oasis.— {Gazetteer of the Persian Gvlf.)
DHAWAHIR ('A in)—
Or simply 'Ain; one of the villages of Baraimi Oasis {(f.v.),
DHAWAHIRAH (T ribe)—
See Harb ; Mizainah sub-division of the Bam Salim.
DHAWAIHIR—
See Dhafrah.
DHAWAIHIR—
See Ghafir ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bani).
DHAWALIM (T ribe)—
See Irak (Turkish).
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