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594 Records oj Bahrain

lfixtraot .from Oaaottoor of tho l'oralan Quit Yol.ll
by J.G.Lorlmor, datoa 1V0U*

SUBARAH.

A ruined ana aonortoa town on tho woat eldo
of tho <latar Promontory about b miloa oouth of Khor
Haasan. It otonaa at tho foot of u doop bay of tho
aamo namo, of which tho wootorn point ia Ran 'Aahairiq
and vhioh oontnlno a small island, nloo oallod Subnrah.

Tho town wuo formerly tho ntronghold of tho All
Khallfal'ruling family of Bahraini ito alto ie otill
froquontoa by tho Na'im of Bahrain nna Uatar. Tho
town wno walloa ana uano 10 or 1JJ furta ntood within
a rattluo of 7 milon round it, among thorn x’uraihuli,
Halwan, Lluha, 'Ain Muhammad til 'at Murulr, Rakulyat,
Umra-ash-ilhuwnll 'ina Thughab, win oh arc montionnd in
tho artiolo on C;atar. All or thono nro now ruinous
and aooortod, oxoopt Thaghab, which tho pooplo of )f)f
Khor Kaaaan vioit to araw wator. Muralr lo aaid

to hava boon oonnootoa with tin# uv,u by a orook which
onubloa galling boatu to amohurgo tiiolr oocgooa at
lto goto, but tho inlet 1b now olltoa up wl th oond.