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292 SULTANATE OF KOWETT
Among wells in this tract the following may be noted :
Tawll and War ah (see Routes Nos. 10 and 12). LaqTl, 2f) miles ,S.
by E. of Koweitand 8 miles W. of Shi'aibah, with about 50 wells yield
ing good water at 20 ft. Mazdra1, 3 miles to NW. of Laqlt; 8 good
wells with water at 18 ft. Safaivi; in the same region; 100 wells,
with water at the same depth. Umm el-Hlmdn, 1 mile W. of Laqlt;
about SO wells, good water at 18 ft. Subeihiyah, 32 miles S. of
Koweit and 20 miles from the coast; about 100 wells scattered in a
plain of about 1 mile square, water at about 18 ft.; no grazing quite
near. Manijah, on the coast, between the village of Fantas and
Haneidhil; 9 wells, good water at 21 ft. Aqailah, several miles S. of
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Shihaibah village, and Areifjan, 1 mile N. of the same. Haneidhil,
2 miles N. of the village of Fantas.
iii. Salu’, S. of ‘Adan, extending for 30 miles N. and S., and about
20 miles broad ; a sterile tract of loose dark sand.
iv. Hazeim, S. of Salu1, a plain of firm dark soil, with no vegeta
tion beyond camel grazing. In the S. is the briny rivulet of Maqta*.
Wells in the tract are : Wafrah, 50-60 miles due S. of Koweit and
25 miles inland, with drinkable water at 12 ft. ; Hdfa‘iyah, about
10 miles WSW. of the mouth of Maqta1 rivulet, with fair water at
12 ft. ; ‘Aseilan, about 4 miles W. and rather N. of the preceding ;
and ‘Atdridh, not far from ‘Aseilan in the same direction.
v. Sudah, S. of Hazeim, extending for about CO miles to the N.
borders of Hasa, and bounded on the W. by the Dhula‘ el-Mi‘aijil
range and the Na'airlyah hill. It is a level tract of firm dark sancl,
including in its N. part the Lablbah plain. The chief wells are
Harmidh and Naqair or Inqair, with water at a depth of about 12 ft.
The districts of the interior are the following :
i. Kabd, 25 miles SW. of Koweit, W. of ‘Adan ; a belt of high
ground running E. to W., but of no great extent.
ii. Shaqq, a shallow valley, perhaps 80 miles long from N. to S.,
and on the average about 10 miles broad, between Umm Janeib on
the E. and Dibdibah on the W. It ends on the N. about 20 miles
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NW. of Tahrah, and is bounded on the S. by Dhula' el-Mi‘aijil.
It is uninhabited, but yields most of the grass and firewood sold in
the town of Koweit. Where it is crossed by the route from Koweit
to Riqa‘i it contains a Jchabrah (rain-pool) called Fardq ; another
pool, Khabrat ed-Dawish, lies on the route from Koweit to Hafar
(see Route No. 10).
iii. Dibdibah. A large district W. of Shaqq, with the Batin on
the NW. and Suinman on the SW., its N. encl lying about 25 miles
W. of Jahrah ; it has a length of about 100 miles, while its breadth
may amount to 50 miles. It consists of featureless, slightly undu-