'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎793] (848/1050)

HAU—HAU
HAURIYAH—
See Aden Protectorate.
HAUSA—
A well lying in a valley of the same name and surrounded by steep hills in Jabal
Tubayk, between Batn-al-Ghul, on the Hejaz Railway, and the western edge of the
great Nafad desert. This well, which belongs to the Shararat tribe, is about 40 feet
deep and contains a limited supply of excellent water.— [Carruthers, 1909.)
HAUSHABI—
See Aden Protectorate.
HAUSINI—
The singular form of Hawasinah (<?. v.), a Hinawi tribe of the 'Oman Sultanate.
IIAUTA—
See Aden Protectorate,
HAUTAH—
A district in the interior of southern Najd forming part of the Wahabi dominions
Boundaries and physical features. —Hautah is adjoined on the north by the district of
Harlq, being separated from it by Jabal Hilaiyah ; on the east it meets the district
of Kharj ; and on the south it is divided from the district of Aflaj by the range of Jabal
Birk. The western limit of the Hautah district has not been ascertained, but it is perhaps
the Tuwaiq range. The main feature of Hautah is a valley running apparently east-
north-east from Hautah town to Dilam in Kharj and about 35 miles distant; by this
valley, which immediately below Hautah town seems to be called Braik, the drainage of
Hautah is conveyed to the Kharj district. The Hautah valley has two main feeders :
that of Hilwah joining it, apparently from the south, several miles below Hautah town,
and that of Hariq which comes in from the north-west at a point still further in the direc
tion of Kharj. The mountain ranges which bound the district on north and south are
said to constitute a s3riou3 obstacle to egress upon those sides ; but a pass called
8alamiyah, mentioned in the article on Afiaj, connects the valley of Hilwah with the
Farshah division of Afiaj.*
Topography, population and resources. —The following table contains an account of the
principal places in Hautah :—-
Name.
Hautah town
Position.
About 35 miles west-
south-west of
Dilam in Kharj
and perhaps 20
miles south by west
of Harlq town in
in Hariq.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
The population is
about 4,000 souls.
The principal tribes
are: Dawasir of
the Ghaiyithat sec
tion, 30 houses ;
Fadhul of the A1
Talib section, 20
houses, and of
the Khatran section
20 ; Sahul, 30 hou
ses ; Sabai' of the
Khathlan section, 20
R emarks.
The majority of the
inhabitants live not
in the town proper,
which is called Hillah
but in^ detached
quarters among the
date groves. The
greater part of the
plantations seem to
belong to a part of
the settlement called
Braik which appa
rently gives its name
* Hautah does not appear to have been visited
to the article on Hariq.
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yet by any Europaan travaller. But see the footnote