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GHODHA.—Halting place on eastern route from Bereymi to Hasa, inland
from Katar Peninsula.
HAJIR (BENI).—Important (Bedouin ?) tribe whose territory adjoins
Katar. Sections are Makhazzabah, Makbzeeyah, Makkhazab, Matair, Al
Muhammad and Sahool. Total number about 4,000 to 5,000 ; fighting strength
800. Sheikhs receive Turkish subsidies.
HALUL.—Island in lat. 25° 40' north and long. 52° 25' east, 71
miles south-east by east from Has Rakkin. One mile across ; hilly with peak
of 180 feet ; anchorage and landing-place on south east side. Quite barren ;
no water ; visited by pearl boats.
HAMADAL.—Tribe owning 7 boats which migrated from Jumail to
Zubara in 1S73.
HASAN (KHOR).—Small town and fort on Katar coast 9 miles south
west of has Rakkin. Had (before 1856) a square fort and 100 inhabitants,
mostly fishermen, of Al Bu Kuwara and Uttoobee tribes. In 1818 it had 400
houses and was retreat of Rahmat bin Jabir (?).
HA WAR.—Island about 10 miles long off west coast of Katar, frequented
by fishermen. Before 1856 it had 2 fishing villages.
HAvYAYLAH.—Place in Katar, once tenanted, according to Jasim bin
Muhammed bin Thani, by the Al Bin Ali tribe. Is this same as Howeila
below ?
HAZARA.—Place in desert where Jasim, Chief of Katar, camped to be
out of reach of Turks in 1894.
HOWEILA.—Small town with square fort on north-west coast of Katar.
Inhabited before 1853 by 400 Al Bu Kuwara and was then a principal pearl
fishing station and had water-supply and some cattle. People were employed
in pearl fishery. Place was deserted in 1887. There is water.
IBRAHIM (BELAD),—Place on Katar coast between Bidaa and Wakra.
Uninhabited and ruinous in 1887.
ISMxAIL.—Place (in Katar ?) passed after Ghareeyat and Etuweis on sea
journey from Bidaa to Bahrein.
JAN.—Place in Katar inland (?) from Zubara.
JUMAIL.—Place occupied by Hamadal tribe before their removal to
Zubara in 1873.
KARFAIJ.—Place south of Nasaimeer.
KASR KOONAR.—Place at or in Bidaa.
KAT—Part or suburb (?) of Bidaa.
KATAR.—Bogins north of Khor al Odaid and in the political sense may
be taken as extending to eastern extremity of Turkish province of Hasa recog
nised by British Government. Does it properly extend to Katif and include
Ojair ? See Bombay Selection XXIV, page 18, Beri Gattar. Erom Odaid for
18 miles shore consists of high white sandhills: this tract is called Najhan and
ends at Jezirat Mishiryat. Thence to Bidaa is low, sandy or stony desert. At
Bidaa there is some slightly elevated rocky ground and there area few hillocks
in different other parts between Wakra and Ras Rakkin ; greater part is stony
desert and north part is very low. According to Gulf Pilot (1898) Wakra to Ras
Rakkin section sends only 200 boats to pearl fishery. Off west coast of Katar,
between it and Bahrein, is large Easht-ad-Dibal shoal, 5 miles long north and south
by 21 miles broad. Coast of Katar on this side is low, sandy or stony desert with
a few little hills here and there. Only vegetation is coarse grass growing in
tufts on sand-hills and small brushwood in places. Palgrave (1883) describes
Katar as a miserable province consisting of mi’e upon mile of low barren hills,
bleak and sun-scorched, with hardly a tree. Beach generally muddy and
^ mile broad. Pasture scanty in extreme. Occasional mud villages and
palm leaf huts, all walled in. There are towers, 25 to 30 feet high with door %