'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎553] (584/1050)

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BILPIYEH (Tribe)-
See Anafijeh (Tribb).
DILIMAH ( Tribe)—
See 'Anizah,
DILLA (R as)—
One of the numerous headlands of Ruus-al-Jibal, in Oman Sultanate. It is a perpen-
dieular cliiBP, 200 to 300 feet high, forming the eastern point of a high peninsula, 5 miles
long, which separates the inlets Ghubbat Ghazirah {q.v.) and Ghubbat Shabus. On this
& peninsula is a remarkable brown-coloured peak, more than 1,000 feet high, with
a small round knob on the top at its widest part.—(Perstcw Gvlf Pilot, 1909.)
DIMA (W adi)—
In the Eastern Hajar of the Oman Sultanate: a valley which rises in a Saih or desert
plain to the north of the Baldan-al-Masakirah division of Sharqiyah and, running north
wards, joins Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tayin on the right bank at the village of Sidafi. The following are the
villages of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Dima in descending order from its head to Sidafi;—Dairah (70 houses),
Samut (50 houses), Ghamsah (60 houses), Oaryah (150 houses). Hail (20 houses,) Qutaifi
(40 houses), Barkyat (60 houses), Ahla (20 houses), Samhan (50 houses), Hisn (180 houses),
Harrah (20 houses), Qabsah (10 houses), 'Auf (80 houses) and Hajir (100 houses). All
the villages are on the left bank except Dairah, Harrah and Auf which are on the right
bank and Hajir which is on both sides ; the inhabitants, some 4,500 souls, all belong
to the Bani Shahaim except those of Hajir who are Bani Ruwahah, Hajir is within
sight of Sidafi, Livestock are estimated at 350 camels, 550 donkeys, 600 cattle and 2,500
sheep and goats, distributed approximately in proportion to the size of the villages.
Da.te palms number about 50,000, of which the majority are at Hisn (10,000), Qaryah
(9,000) and Barkyat (8,000).-—((-ra^/eer of ihe Persian Oulf.)
DIMNA (A d)—
Aden Protectorate.
DIMNAH—
A small village in the Qra'ah district of the Kuwait Principality, situated on a low
bank of sand about 200 yards from the sea and 6 miles east-south-east of Kuwait Town.
The village belongs to the 'Awazim, contains 25 houses, and is inhabited in the cold
weather only. In the hot weather the people find employment at the pearl fisheries or in
the date gardens on the Shatt-al-Arab. The inhabitants have only 1 or 2 Horis; they
fish principally by means of Hadhrahs or tidal weirs upon the beach. A few donkeys
and some poultry belong to the village. There are a number of wells, but only a few hold
water, which is brackish and hardly more than sufficient for the requirements of the
village. There is no recognised headman, and the Shaikh of Kuwait deals direct with
the village through the first inhabitant whose presence he can secure.
The houses of Dimnah are typical of the country about Kuwait and may therefore
be described. They consist of a single room each with a floor-space of 30 feet by 10 feefc.
The walls are of mud, 4 feet high, and support a gable roof, 7 feet high at the ridge, of
light rafters and Basrah reeds covered with date-leaf matting. The door is low, and
there is no window. A fireplace and a slightly raised stand for coffee pots, construct
ed of mud, occupy one end of the apartment—(tee^eer of the Persian Gu'f.)
DIMNAH—
A village in the Yemen Tihamah, south-western Arabia,
of some 10 miles south-south-west from Bait-al-Faqih,
DINAN(AlBU)—
See Samawah (Qadha),
DIQAIL—
See Aridh (District).
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