'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎781] (836/1050)

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protect British subjects in consultation with the Agent. In June 1914 Ibn Saud accepted
the title of Wali of Nejd and Hasa from the Ottoman Government, but he continued
to invite closer relations with the Indian Government, and on Captain Shakespear'a
appointment as Political Officer in Nejd, later in the same year, he received the British
representative with cordiality. On the outbreak of the European War he opposed Ibn
Rashid, who had espoused Turkish interests in Arabia, and fought a drawn battle with
him at Mejma'a in Sedeir, in March 1915 ; but in the summer of the same year a formal
peace was concluded between the two Emirs. Ibn Saud can summon to his standard
the 'Ajman, Beni Khalid, and Beni Hajar, and to his control over these tribes is due the
improvement in the security of the Hasa province and the caravan routes by which it
is approached. The hostility of the Bedouin to the Turks had been such hat the sover
eignty of the Sultan extended no further than the effective power of the garrisons and
military or police posts, while life and property were insecure even in the neighbourhood
of Hofuf. Under the Porte, the whole region of Hasa, known as the Sanjaq of Nejd,'
formed a division of the Basrah vilayet. The capital was Hofuf, and the country was
administered on the usual Turkish system, though the government approximated to the
nature of a military occupation. Subsidies were paid to the 'Ajmn, Beni Haj ar, Beni
Khalid, and Ahl Murreh tribes, who provided carriers of the official mails, and raflk for
their escort. The garrison, chiefly concentrated at Hofuf and Qatif, consisted of 4 batta An extra allowance of pay granted to soldiers involved in special field service or to public servants on special duty.
lions of infantry and 2 squadrons of cavalry, with one mule battery, and a small
auxiliary camel corps of Arabs. In addition, there were 6 companies of Dhdhltuyahs,
4 of which were mounted. The revenue was chefly obtained from agriculture, more
especially date-cultivation, a tax being imposed on dates in Qatif, while in Hasa the
Government took a share of the crops. The amount thus obtained was estimated at
nearly £25,000: customs were farmed, and are said to have yielded as much again.
There were no public posts or telegraphs,
HASA (A l)—
A railway station, at an altitude of 2,696 feet, on the Hejaz Railway and 236 miles
from Damascus. It contains a station building and one loop siding of 250 yards, water
tank, and a well with a good supply of water which is drawn by a windmill pump from
80 feet below the surface.— {Manusell, 1907.)
HASA (Bu)—
See Qatar (Interior of).
HASA (R as)—
An unimportant headland in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , on the west coast of the great 'Oman
promontory. It is situated 30 sea miles south-westward from Dibai, and consists of
a little rocky point, projecting slightly from the coast, and only showing when close in
shore as a small dark patch on the white sand. There are regular sound ings of 3 fathoms,
fine sand, 8 cables offshore, between Dibai and the headland, deepening regularly to
seaward. Ras Kantut, a similar point, is about 5 miles farther south-westward.
HASA (W adi)—
See ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. ) Bayar.
HASAH (R as U mm )—
See Qatar (east side of).
HASAI—
See Miyah ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al).
HASAIBAH—
A caravansarai in Yemen, 94 miles from Hodeidah, on the Hodaidah-Ta'iz route.
It is situated in a district which is very hilly and intersected by numerous wadis. {Nie-
huhr, 1763.)
HASAIFlN—
See liwa (Sub-Vilayet)
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