'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎922] (989/1050)

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JAB—J AD
The Jabur tribe described above must not be confounded with the Jabur of Northern
Mesopotamia. The latter live on the Khabur river, a district which does not come
within the scope of this gazetteer. For the sake of clearness, however, and to avoid
confusion between these two tribes, it may be here noted that the northern Jabur, who
aggregate perhaps two or three thousand tents, are divided into the following sections :—
Al Fadhil, Al Lahaib, Al Milhim, and Al-Hasan-al-Mushaikh. The tribe pay tribute
to the Shammar and winter at Ras-al-'Ain. Their chief Shaikh is at present (1916)
Muslut Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. as-Salih-ibn-Milhim, whose qasr\s near Taban, on the Khabur river.
JABUR ( A l)—
See (Ban!) Khalid.
JABUR AL BU KHATTAB—
See Zubaid.
JABUR-AL-WAWI—
See Zubaid.
JADAD (B ait)—
A section, said to be entirely Bedouin, of the Al Kathir tribe (q.v.) of Dhufar Proper.
JADADIYAH—
A group of wells in the Kuwait Principality; they are situated about 9 miles south
west by south from Kuwait town, on the direct route to Hafar. The supply of water
is indifferent, and not plentiful, at four fathoms.
JADAIDAH—
A small village in Hejaz on the route between Yanbo' and Al-Madmah, and a few miles
eastward of mid-way between the two. This village lies near the western end of the
pass of the same name.— {Burckliardt, 1815).
Burton says that Jadaidah is also known as Al-Khaif, and describes it as a long,
straggling village lying mostly to the north of the road from Yanbo, to Al-Madinah
It has a fort, tolerable water from springs, and date groves.— {Burton, 1S8S).
JADAIDAH (W adi)—
A valley in Hejaz; it is important as being the only pass through which caravans
from Yanbo and Mecca can reach Al-Madinah. Near the western end of the valley are
the two villages of Jadaidah {q.v.) and Al-Khaif, lying about two miles apart; at the
other end is the plain of An-Naziyah.— (Burckhardt, 1815.)
JADAIDI AGHAR—
A group of 4 jallbs situated in the bed of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Aghar, in Wadyan, North-eastern
Arabia. These wells contain good water at 20 feet.— {Leachman, November 1912.)
jadair A t—
See Jafura.
JADAK (W adi)—
A right bank tributary of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -ar-Rummah (q.v.),
JADDAHAH (A bu)—
A dam, in Iraq, between Nasiriyah and Shatrat-al-Muntafik, which holds back the
waters of the Husainiyah Lake north-west of Nasiriyah. The dam here was originally
made 33 feet thick but has since been increased.
JADGAL (T ribe)—
In'Oman the name i_s ^ Arabicised and becomes Zidjal, which is treated as a plura
with the singular Zidjali. The Jadgals are a tribe of Persian Makran, now reckoned
Baluchis but said to have come originally from Sind • they are numerous in 'Oman