'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎827] (882/1050)

HIL—HIM
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Name.
Position.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
Remarks.
'Ablah
'Abailah
Kiqqah
2 hours below Khabt
on the left bank.
1 hour below 'Ablah
on the right bank.
1 hour below 'Abai-
lah on the left bank.
20 houses of Jahawar
10 houses of Jahawar
and Bani 'Isa.
A non-permanent en
campment of shep
herds.
Animals are 5
camels, 8 donkeys,
7 cattle and 30 sheep
and goats.
There are 2 camels,
5 donkeys, 5 cattle
and 200 sheep and
goats.
The hills end here,
and from this point
across Batinah to
the sea is reckoned
12 hours.*
The head of this wa,li does not appear to adjoin any inhabited place in Dhahirah :
the nearest villages to it are those of the Hawlsinih, D >,tes a'e cultivated throughout
the valley, but not in profusion; a sm ..11 amount of grain also is grown, bub the peopla
are mostly shepherds.
The total population of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Hilti is about 1,800 souls.
HILU—
See 'Adan. A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Hilu {q, v.), in the Masqat district of the 'Oman
• bultanate. Hilu is 2 miles above Hiwar, on the right bank.
HILU (W adi-al)—
A small valley about 12 miles in length in the Masqat District of the 'Oman Sultanate ;
it runs from south to north and enters Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Maih from the east just below Yiti and only
one mile from the coast. Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Hilu contains two villages Hiwar, 2 miles above
Yiti, and Hilu, 2 miles above Hiwar: both are on the right bank. Hiwar consists of
10 houses of Bani Battash of the Ma'ashirah section; near it is Falaj-al-Hilam, a village
of 8 houses of Ma'ashirah, owned by a Hindu of Masqat Town, with date cultivation. ^
HILWAH—
Village and valley ; see Hautah.
HILYAN—
A p ace in western Central Arabia, on the QasTm Hajj route 6 hours' journe/ north
wards of 'Arf. The route at this place passes between hills.—(Pem^ Gulf Gazetteer,
1908.)
HILYAU—
See Khatam.
HIMAMT—
See Samail ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. ).
HIM AN ( Umm-al)—
A group of wells in 'Adan [q. v.).
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