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GHA—GHA
The trade of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bani Ghafir as a whole is partly with Wudam and partly with
Seewaiq. A route from Miskin in Dhahirah to Rustaq falls into Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bani Ghafir at
Mahbab and leaves it again at Dihas.— (Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .)
ghafiri—
The singluar form of Ghafiriyah; see 'Oman Sultanate, political divisions.
ghAfiriyah—
See 'Oman Sultanate, political divisions.
GHAFIT—
A halting-place in a picturesque valley of the same name which branches off from
that through which the route from Makalla to Shibham passes. Ghafit is about 24 miles
by road from Makalla, and boasts of palm trees and a warm spring. The ground near
the water is covered with a green sward which looks like grass, but which really consists
of a tiny kind of palm.— {Bent, 1894.)
GHAFRAN (A l ) (T ribe)—
See Morrah (Al).
ghaibah—
A village in eastern Yemen, some 15 miles south of Rajj, and on the route between
Sana'a and Riyadh.— {Hunter's Map of Arabia, 1908.)
GHAIBUN—
See Do'an ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. ).
GHAIDHAH—
The largest town in Qamar bay, southern Arabia. It is situated nearly midway,
between Ras Fartak and Damqiit, and about 1 mile from the beach. Supplies gener
ally include bullocks and sheep, but owing to lack of cultivation in the district no vegeta
bles are procurable.— {Red Sea and Gulf of Aden Pilot, 1909.)
ghaidhah—
A small village in southern Arabia situated about 6 miles due east of Dis, and 12 miles
north-west of Ras Baghashwah.—(.Ben^, 1894.)
ohaihab—
Or Qaihab ; one of the three main divisions of the Bani Zaid tribe {q.v.), of southern
Najd.
•GHAIL— j
See 'Aflaj.
GHAIL (A l)—
A village in Hadhramaut, southern Arabia, at an altitude of 2,000 feet, near the source
of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hawari; it is 45 miles north-north-west of Mukalla, on the route connecting
that place and Shibam. Al-Ghail is a collection of stone huts, walled enclosures, and
fields, with numbers of date palms, and some cultivation of lucerne and grain. The
rocky river-bed itself is waterless, the running stream which gives the settlement its
name, being all used up in irrigation.—(.Be 1893.)
GHAIL (A l)—
A halting-place on the Sana'a—Riyadh route, about 70 miles, as the crow flies, north
east of Sana'a. It is the principal fixed settlement of lower Jauf, eastern Yemen.
Near here are the ruins of an imposing city, Baraiqish, the third town of the Mineans.
—{Halevy, 1869.)
GHAIL 'UMR—
£>ee Adim ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. ).