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I. Table of the pearl banks on the Arabian side from lids Tanurah to
Dibai Town—concluded.

No, Nnme. Vcrnnoulor. Lot. N. Long. K. llF.MA HKK.

ire Itijlah aI^JI 2507 54-04 \ About eight miles
south-we*t of Sir Bu
Na'air Island.
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177 Lijjah Ajc-^I 2518* 64-07-J- About six miles
north-west of Sir
Bu Na’air Island.
178 Hair Bin-’Adhbi 2519* 54-12 About six miles north
^ j P of Sir Bu Na’air
Island.
179 Kbab&k ,2514 64-25
ISO Abul Khos S- 2511* 54-42

181 'Alaiwi 2511 64-58 The easternmost of
the banks, about 20
miles west-south-
west of Dibai
Town.-
182 Mu’taridh I 24-65 54-16
183 Hadd 24-41 6419 £ About 16 miles north
of Abu Dhabi
Town.

184 Bu Dhalihhah 24-60* 64-22

It will bo observed that banks called after islands, etc., are not
always the nearest to the places from which their names are derived.
The following banks are said to be situated off Qatar, but theii
positions are not exactly known :—
Rajib, j Abu Thaluth, ; Dhalara, ; Tubrat
Naqim, iLu ; Tubrat-al-MidfaJ, «,aJ ; Najwat Miqbil,
cHa* ijx'y • Mi rath, ; Abul Milh, ^Ul jjI • Tufaili,
Hadd Abul Bah, ; Khariq, j Umm-at-Tubun
^rrl ; Khor Khabb, s ; Umm Shiqah ; and
Umm Thilth jj .
The following are said to lie more in the direction of Trucial
Oman :—
Bijailah, ; Tdd-ath-Thani, ^IBl^ • Taij, gjoJl ; Sat-h
al- Batin, Virj4uJI j Tahaif, ^*■^1 ; Safih, • Najwat
Iladd-adh-Dha, UJI "
b^ i Bu Kins, ^aA jj j Gharabi
J j and Qaran, c^iJl .
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