Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf: Geographical and Statistical (2v.)Superintendent Government Printing, 1970 |
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12 miles 20 camels 20 cattle 20 donkeys 20 houses 20 miles Abu Dhabi Anaizah Arabs Bahrain Baluchis Bandar Abbās Bani Tamim Basrah Batinah Bedouins belong boats Buraidah Bushehr called camels cattle and 200 chiefly coast cultivation date groves date palms date trees Dawasir desert Dhufar district Dōhah eastern fathoms deep fishing grown hills Houses and inhabitants houses of Bani huts Ibadhis island Jabal Shammar Khor Kuwait left bank Livestock Masqat Matrah miles east miles north miles south miles south-east miles west Minab Muhammareh Mutair Nafud Najaf Najd Name north-east Omān pearl Persian Gulf plain population Position principal Qadha Qasim Qatar Qatif Rās REMARKS right bank river route Sabai Samail Shaikh Shamil Sharjah sheep and goats Shi'ahs Shushtar side souls south-west Sultanate Sunnis tract tribe Trucial Trucial Oman Tūmāns Turkish Iraq valley village Wadi wheat and barley آل ام بني بو