'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎540] (571/1050)

540
DHUFlE
Name.
Position.
Nature.
R emarks.
Safqofc ..
On the coast 9
miles west of
Ras Sajar.
A small village said to
consist of 10 houses
of Jannabah ; it is
at the mouth of a
deep ravine which
here comes down
to the sea.
The people inhabit
caves in the sides of
the valley. They
do not recognise the
authority of the Wall
of Dhufar, but they
give no trouble.
Sajar (Ras)
(Also pronounced
Sagar and Sayir).
On the coast 32
miles west-south
west of Risut.
The largest, but not
the most striking
cape on the south
ern coast of Arabia.
The sea around it is
very deep. The
summit is 3,380 feet
above the sea, and
the bluff extremity
2,770 feet, but the
cape does not pro
ject much from the
mam land. The
eastern side is not
so high as the
western, owing to
the strata dipping
to the east, but it
is perpendicularly
scarped. The south
south-west side des
cends in 3 or 4 grand
steps to the sea.
Ras Sadar is a part of
the Samhan moun
tains ; it consists of
white and grey lime
stone. Its sides,
where not perpendi
cular, are covered
with trees, and the
plains at the top witb
long, grass. There
are caverns inhabited
by Jannabah on
both sides, but
chiefly on the
eastern. The people
are poor fishermen,
about 20 in num
ber, owning a few
small, roughly made
horia. The Govern
ment of India in
1879 fixed this.cape
as the boundary be
tween the political
jurisdictions of its
officers at Masqat
and Aden r the con
venience of the ar
rangement is now
open to question as
the Wali of Dhufar
has established his
control at Rakhyut
13 miles to the west
ward.
^allikot
Between Rakhyut
and Kharifot.
A stretch of coast
Here the highlands
fall 'back somewhat
from the sea and
the ground descends
to the coast in long
shelves covered with
grass and trees.
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