Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf: Geographical and Statistical (2v.)Superintendent Government Printing, 1908 |
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12 miles 20 cattle 20 houses 20 miles 40 donkeys Abu Dhabi Ahwaz Amarah Arabistan Arabs Baghdad Bahrain Bani Tamim Basrah Bedouins belong boats Bushehr Bushehr Town called camels canal chiefly coast creek cultivation date groves date palms date trees Dawasir Dhufar district Dizful Dizful Town Euphrates fathoms deep feet Hajar Hasa Oasis Hasan Hawizeh Hillah hills Hindiyan Hofuf horses Houses and inhabitants huts Iraq irrigation island Jabal Jarrahi Ka'ab Karbala Kārūn Khor Kuwait land left bank Livestock Lurs miles east miles north miles south miles south-west miles west Muhammareh Musaiyib Najaf Najd Name north-east north-west pearl Persian Gulf population Position principal Qadha Qatar Qatif REMARKS rifles right bank route Saiyid Sanjaq Shaikh Shatt-al-'Arab sheep and goats Shi'ahs Shushtar side souls south-east Sultanate Sunnis Tigris tract trade tribe Turkish Iraq valley village Wādi Wadi Hanifah wheat and barley Wilāyat yards آل بني