'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎790] (845/1050)

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HAT -HAT
The shaikhs of the tribe are said to belong to the Barraqah section. The HawSzim
section (by some authorities treated as Harb and not Hataim) are either frequently
confounded, or are really identioal with the 'Awazim tribe of Kuwait; these Hawazim or
'Awazim are found at Jauf-al-'Amir, Sakakah, Tayma, Baidha Nathil, and also perhaps
at the village of Ghat in the Sadair district of southern Najd. It is curious that the
Rashaidah, who resemble the 'Awazim and like them live near Kuwait, are also said to
be connected with the Hataim.
The Hataim in the west of Central Arabia may be roughly estimated at 3,000 souls.
Life and character. —The Hataim live in the ordinary manner, but they are distin
guished from Arab Bedouins by their long blue shirts. They are less cheerful, frank,
dignified, and honourable than the Arabs, and also less civil to guests. The Hataim
are good fighting material and often excellent shots , in person they are fairer and more
robust than the Arabs and their women are better looking. They are looked down
upon by other Bedouins. As hunters they are second only to the Salaib, and sometimes
they even succeed in killing ostriches. Their dromedaries have always been among
the best, rivalling those of the Shararat, but they have never been well provided with
horses though they own many small cattle. Some sections of the Hataim make
cheeses of sheep and goats' milk which they sell at Khaibar.
Political position. —Notwithstanding their comparatively thriving condition the
Hataim are despised by the Arabs, who class them with the Salaib below all Arab tribes
and taunt them with being eaters of carrion. The Arabs never intermarry with the
Hataim, although some 'Anizah and Harb families dwell among them ; and on the other
hand poor Hataim women sometimes condescend to mate with negroes. The Hataim
generally render khuwwah, or akhdwah, to all from whom they have anything to fear,
and this is doubtless the secret of their relative prosperity. In 1878 some of those
about Khaibar paid taxes both to the Amir of Jabal Shammar and to the Turks, and
they still give khuwwah simultaneously to the Harb, Shammar, and 'Anizah tribes.
—{Doughty ; Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; LeacJiman.)
HATlT (S aih)—
A plain, the only one of any extend in the interior of the Masqat District of the 'Oman
Sultanate'; it includes part of the upper basins of Wadis 'Adai, Maih and Mijlas and
a small portion of the course of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sarain. It begins on the north at Mutahaddamat
in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. 'Adai and runs southwards to include Blrain ; it then curves round eastwards
embracing the last 8 miles of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Jannah—here called also Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hatat—before its
junction with Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Maih; finally it takes in the whole of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Maih above Tawilah,
the whole of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sarain below Qabil 'Ali-bin-Zaman, and the upper part of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Mijlas with its tributary Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Haithadh. The north-western part of the plain is the
broader and more open, its width hereabouts approaching or attaining 8 miles : south-
east-wards of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Jannah it is narrow and more broken up. The length of Saih Hatat
alon» the curve in which it lies is about 30 miles. Where it adjoins eastern Ha jar it
has a few stunted trees and shrubs, greatly, diminished by the ravages of Masqat wood
cutters • and in some places on the same side it is studded with natural pillars of rock,
20 to 25 feet high. The inhabitants of the villages of Saih Hatat, which can be ascer
tained from the articles on the Wadis traversing it, are mostly Bani Wahaib; there
are also Bani Khazam.
nATAT (W adi)—•
See Saih Hatat and also Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Maih.
HATATIMAH (T ribe)—
See Wahibah (Al).
HATBAL—
See Shanfyah (Qadha.)
HATHAH—
A halting place on the Persian Hajj route between Sabkhatain and Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. 'Aq'q, and
situated roughly 108 miles north-north-east from Mecca. There are wells here contain
ing sweet water at 50 feet; also a few cornfields, ruined country houses, and date palms,—
{Gazetter of the Fersiary Gulf.)