"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٠‎٣‎٣] (٦٨٨/٧٠)

KHA—KHA
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Village.
Position.
On
which
bank.
Housea
and
inhabitants.
Remarks,
Siq
1 hour below Left
Badh'ah.
180 houses of Said-bin-Rashid, Shaikh
Hishm. of the Hishm, has a
tower here. Livestock
are 20 camels, 30 donkeys,
100 cattle and 1,000
sheep and goats. Date
I palms number about
4,000.
Sibt
i an hor below Do.
Siq.
160 houses of
Hishm.
The same Shaikh has a
tower here. Animals are
70 camels, 100 donkeys,
20 cattle and 300 she
and goats.
The settled population of the valley is thus about 6,400 souls.
On passing Sibt, which is said to be about 10 miles north of Kamil in Ja'alan, the Wadi
emerges from the hills and enters the plain of Ja'ala-n. Wadi Bxni Khalid contains
running water ; the principal crops are wheat, barley, lucerne and dates. The palms are
said to number 100,000 distributed among the villages.
KHALlF ( Haid)—
Some hills in western H idhramaut, Southern Arabia, which straddle the track leading
from Maqatin to Yashbam. Tha pass by which these hills are crossed is known as Naqil
Khalif; it is 26 miles by road from MaqatTn and 950 feet high. The pathway leading
through it is stony and winding but presents no difficulty to well-horsed vehicles.
KHALIPAH—
A treaty tribe of the Aden Protectorate living on the western slopes of Haid Hadhanah,
a range to the west of the Hamami desert, and mustering about 1,000 men. -
KHALlPAH (Al)—
A section of the 'Utah triba {q. v.) of the Bahrain Principality.
KHALlPAH BIN IBRAHIM—
One of the creeks at Pao ( q. v.); it has two or three habitations along its banks.
KHALlPAH (Dhi)—
See 'Ataibah; Shiyabinah section of the Barqah.
KHALI J—
An island in the Tigris {q. v.) near the mouth of the Kharr stream. It is also the name
of a riverside tract on the left bank of the Tigris a few miles below Baghdad.
KHALlL—
A date plantation, to which a village of the same name was once attached, near
'Adaibah, in the district of Masqat ( q. v.).
KHALIL—
See Southern Shammar tribe, 'Abdah division.
KHALU (A l B u )—
A section of the Al Ba Sultan tribe {q. v.) of the Hillah Qadha in 'Iraq.
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