'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎776] (831/1050)

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HASA
Name.
Rukban (Qarat-ar-)
Shuyukh (Ghar-ash)
Tafi (Jabal-at)
'Udumat
Position,
Character.
About 20 miles
north-north-west of
of Hof (if.
About 25 miles
north-west of Jabal
Bu Ghanimah.
Roughly parallel to
the coast at a dis
tance of about 100
miles inland ; its
northern end is
approximately in
the latitude of
Qasr-al-Subaih and
its southern in
that of Zakhnu-ni-
yah island;
About midway be
tween Jabal Na'ai-
riyah and the nor
thern end of Jabal-
at-Taff.
A hill of ^significant
height and circum
ference, but one
which sometimes
plays an important
part in intertribal
fights among the
Bedouins.
A hill. It perhaps
extends southwards
for some distance
for some authorities
assign to it a posi
tion a good deal
more southerly than
that given in the
last column.
A range of hills, the
most extensive in
this part of Eastern
Arabia, running for
about 100 miles
from north by west
to south by east.
From its eastern
side the range sends
off two principal
spurs, namely, Daq-
lam near the wells
of Qubaibah in
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Miyah and
Naslatain-al-Farha
on the border bet
ween Habl and TafE.
At the western foot
of it, in nearly the
same latitude as
Naslatain-al-Farha,
is a circular depres
sion called Subsub,
and yet a little fur
ther west is a de
tached hill known
as Jabal Wushaihah.
An isolated hill.
R emarks.
It marks the north
western corner of
the Hasa Oasis and
is its meeting place
with the Riyadh,
Badd-al-As T s and
Ghuwar tracts.
This hill seems to be
the meeting place of
the Badd-al-Asis,
Ghuwar, Na'alah
and Jau-as-Sa'adan
tracts.
Jabal-at-Taff divides
Taff, Habl and the
Southern half of
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Miyah on
the east from
Summan on the
west. Jabal Judah
and Jabal Humrat
Judah, though appa
rently detached,
seem to belong to
the southern part of
the Taff system.
It stands on the nor
thern border of
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Miyah be
tween that district
and the Warai 'ah
tract in the Kuwait
Principality.