'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎619] (662/1050)

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Urmak is low, sandy and destitute of water, but there is a fishing village
which is supplied with water from. LahTyah. In the centre of the north-eastern
and south-western sides are two small mosques.
Kadamdn Saghlr. —A small, low, and sandy island, situated at a distance of 6 miles in
a west-south-westerly direction from the south-western part of Urmak island.
Kadamdn Kablr. —An island, on which is a clump of bushes, situated at a dis
tance of 4| miles south-westward from the nearest part or Urmak island.
Al-Bodhi. —A low, sandy island about 3 miles long, east and west, situated at
a distance of about 4 miles south-westward from Kadaman Kabir. About
4 miles southward from A1 Bodhi is a small sandy island.
5 Uqbdn island. —An island, the northern end of which is situated in lat. 15° 32' N.
long. 42° 21' E. Its south-eastern end is about 4| miles westward from A1
Bodhi, and from thence extends about 5 miles in a north-westerly direction
'Uqban island is a low and sandy in the centre with a hill on its north-western
extreme, and a bluff on the south.
FARASAN KABIR—
See Farasan (Islands and Bank); islands.
FARASAN (Ras)—•
See Farasan (Islands and Bank ); islands.
FARASAN SAGHIR—
$ee Farasan (Islands and Banks); islands.
FARASH—
See ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -bin) 'Ali.
FARAWI (Jabal)—
A small chain of low peaks in north-western Arabia, situated about 30 miles west-
north-west from the Tayma oasis, and overlooking the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Jarldah from its southern
bank. Southwards of these peaks is another small group of hills called Jabal Farwah,
whose principal peak forms a good landmark along the route between Tayma and Tabuk.
Both thege small ranges are surrounded by low foothills.— {Huher ; February, March,
1884.)
FARAWIYAH—
One of the Aulad Wasil families of the Mvtair tribe {q. v.).
FARDAT (Al)—
A mountain north of Jabal Misma in Jabal Shammar, central Arabia.— {Doughty.)
FARDAT-AN-NADHIM—
An outlying and more or less isolated underfeature of Jabal Shammar, Central Arabia,
situated about half way between the Jubbah wells and the southern edge of the great
Nafud.—(Hwfter, 2884.)
FARFAR—
See 'Umar ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bani).
farf A rah —
See Samail ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. ).
FARHAN ('A xn-ibn)—>
A watering place in the Shamlyah desert, north-eastern Arabia ; it lies on the route
between Khamisiyah and Samawah, at a distance of 27 miles from the latter.
The water supply, which is slightly brackish, is practically unlimited from springs. One
authority puts 'Ain ibn Farhan at 3 hours from Umm-ar-Roi and 4 hours west of Qasr-
ad-Dugaiyim.
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