'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. I' [‎968] (1035/1050)

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JOA-JOZ
At each village there are a few hundred date palms and everywhere wheat, barley
millet and lucerne are grown. Animals are not very numerous; there are few camels
and some donkeys, besides goats and sheep.
The above are the principal villages in the main valley, and the chief tributary valleys
with their villages are; Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hail 'Adha, from the north between Wasit and Khan,
with a village Hail 'Adha composed of 40 houses of Maqabil and Shabul; Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hansi
from the south-west about midway between Khan and Sahailah, having a village Hansi
with 40 houses of Shabul and Maqabil, and another Furfar with 15 houses of Shabul
on its left bank at 3 and 7 miles respectively from its mouth ; Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Thiqbah, from the
north, coming in exactly opposite Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hansi and containing the village of Hail-ash-
Shiya, 10 houses of Kunud, Hail-ar-Rafsah, 60 houses of Kunud, and Thiqbah, 20
houses of Kunud ; the village of Thiqbah is on the left bank of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. of the same
name at a little more than a mile from Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Jizi.
The settled population of the entire valley with its tributaries seems to be about 4,000
souls.
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Jizi runs in the hills until a short distance below Milaiyinah, when it leaves
them and enters the Batinah plain. On its way across Batinah to the coast Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-
Jizi is said to pass on both sides of the Hurah Barghah hill.
From Hail down to Sihlat the valley contains flowing water; above Khawairij the
stream is copious though never more than a few inches deep ; below Khawairij it dis
appears and reappears at intervals. The fields are irrigated both by wells and by conduits
from the stream.
The route from Sohar Town to the Baraimi Oasis lies up Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Jizi and over the
'Abailah plain ; it is reported to be easy and not to present any obstacle which need
j delay field artillery more than an hour. Travellers leave Sohar by Sallan, whence they
pass by 'Auhi and Falaj-al-Qabail to Falaj-as-Suq ; 2 or 3 miles beyond Falaj-as-Suq
they strike Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Jizi, which they follow for 4 miles and then again leave, diverging
to the right for 9 miles ; rejoining the wddi at Sahailah they follow it with little deviation
to its head ; the further way lies across the 'Abailah and Hawaithah plains, and then
by Kharus and between Khatmat Shiklah and Khatmat Suwwad, which are described
in the article on the Jau district.
JO'AN—
See Biyadh ; part 2.
JOB—
A canal in the Nahr Shah NahTyah of the Hillah Qadha {q.v.), in 'Ira^.
JODAH ( S aiyid)—
A village in ? Iraq ; it is situated near the Dawaihiyah canal and to the north of the
Karbala-Tawairij road. Saiyid Jodah contains about 400 inhabitants, and there is
some cultivation of wheat, barley, mash, and millet round the village.
JOBAH—
One of the numerous tracts in the Samawah Qadha {q. v.) of 'Iraq.
JOKHA—
A mound some distance to the north-west of Tel Luh (q.v.), in M^sopDtiinia, now
ident'fi3d with the ancient Umma. Its neighbourhood and part of the mound itself
are covered with sand dunes.
JOLANAH—
One of the numerous tracts in the Samawah Qadha (q. v.) of 'Iraq.
JOLlYAH (B in)—
One of the numerous tracts in the Samawah Qadha (q. v.) of 'Iraq.
JOZ (N ahr)—
A tract in the Jazirah (q, v.) division of 'Iraq.