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98 DESCRIPTION OF THE ARABIAN
COAST.
As Saffanaiyyah ; to the eastward is a shoal patch, or Gussar
near
the shore, called Fir-in ; and eastward of this a shoal termed Ilidhar-isl
Saffanaiyyah ; east of this, in seven fathoms, the bank A1 Mansi
further east a shoal called Aridh. ) and
A1 Mafarig ; east of this is a Hid, or shoal, called Abu-Ta-am •
south
of it another, termed A1 Khat; east of this last are
shallow, impassable divisions between them, called Mafradh, ultimately
reaching the.point of Ras Bildani; east of Bildani is the island of Har-
gose ; and east of this, in a low group, are the islands of Farsi and Arabi.
Ras Tanajib ; north of this point are seven small contiguous shoals,
to the east of it a bank, and eastward of this a channel: all these ’
are
connected with Bildani.
Khore Balbul; to the north of this, near the shore, arc several small
nameless shoals.
Merrifah ; opposite this, near the land, a shoal, and south of it the
bank, or Rig-el-Menilah.
A1 Ghar; to the eastward is an anchorage or Khore; here is also the
track for vessels called A1 Telil; to the easj; of which are seven distinct
shoals, called Kit-al-Ghar.
Musai-ni; M usallim-iyyah ; opposite to this is the island of Jinnah;
north of which is a shoal, termed Hidhar Jinnah.
A1 Baidhah ; seaward, to the east, is the rocky shoal named A1 Kash.
Ras Abu Ali ; opposite and eastward are the two islands, Karan and
Karain, with several rocky patches between them, on most of which
vessels do not strike ; the passage at the point is close in shore.
Dohat Baranij ; to the south, and opposite, is a long hard shoal.
Jebail-al-Hajarah ; Jebail-ar-Ramal; to the east, and near the shore,
is the shoal called Abu Jerjurah.
A1 Ji-aill-iyyah ; Om Rahim ; eastward, in the sea, are the islands Al
Jeraid and Al Jenna; east of these is Abu Sarafah, and many rocky
patches, between Fasht-au-Najwah, and a bank termed Sayyah.
Dohat-ar-Raham-iyyah ; opposite to this is the island of Tar-ut; and
to the south is the bank Chashchush.
Al Kateef; Saihat ; opposite to which is a bank called Al Khali.
Adh Dhahran ; opposite this is the island Al Damaum ; against
which is the bank As Safafir ; to the east of which is that of Al Janm ;
south of which is that of Khirfasht; and south of this the shoal Mirwadah.
Ain-as-Seh ; east of this is the shoal Al Libainah ; eastward st
the island Om Naasan ; more easterly, the bank Ar Rlha,y^ ! the
hence, south-easterly towards Bahrein, comes Rasz-il-ijair >
port of Lahsa; to the east is the Jazirah-il-Ija.r; an o ^
that of Zakhunniyyah; then follow Khashur-az-Zmah,
Salwa.

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