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obtained from the wells of Filihah and 'Ain tiandn, distant 2 miles
and 4 miles respectively to the EW., the latter with a fort kept in
repair by the Al Bu Kuwfirah. N. of the .Jebel is the now deserted
village of Ghdriyah.
5. Khdr Hassdn, on the \V. coast, about 10 miles from the end of
the peninsula : often called Khuweir in contradistinction to Khdr, i. e.
Khdr Shaqiq (see below). The inhabitants are about 80 families of
the Kibisah tribe, occupying a fort, and living by pearl-diving and
fishing. They have 20 pearl-boats, 5 fishing-boats, and 20 camels.
Drinking-water is fetched from Thaqhab, 3 miles to SW., where is a
fort, with a stone-lined well yielding good water at 3G ft.
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G. Luseil, on the E. coast, 15 miles N. of Dohah, a village of more
than 50 stone and mud houses chiefly of the Hameidat tribe. Luseil
contains the residence of the Sheikh of El-Qatar, who lives in a large
high-walled house of stone and plaster, built about 1901, some
200 yards S. of the village. The people own 9 pearl-boats, 2 other
sea-going vessels, and 3 fishing-boats, with 70 camels and 20 horses.
Behind the village is a rocky hillock, Jebel Luseil, on the summit of
which is a two-storeyed tower ; at the foot of the hill are 3 wells
with brackish water, one on the N., the two others on the W. side.
7. Ruweis, near the tip of the peninsula, about 2^ miles S. of
Jezirat Ras Rakan. A village of 70 families of Sadah, protected
by a small fort with four towers. The people own IS pearl-boats,
2 other sea-going vessels, and 10 fishing-boats, with 4 horses and 20
camels. Drinking-water is brought from the well of Umm Dhd'an, .
I3- miles inland to S., and water at IS ft. There is a reef before the
village, within which boats anchor.
8. Khdr Shaqiq (generally pronounced Shajij or Shciyuj) on the E.
side of the inlot of the same name on the E. coast ; often called 1
Khdr or Khdr el-Mahdndah in contradistinction to Khuweir, or Khdr :
Hassetn, on the opposite coast, it is a large village of 400 mud
and stone houses inhabited by JUaluIndah of the Al Hasan and
Misandah sub-tribes, owning 80 pearl-boats, 90 other sea-going
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vessels, and 30 fishing-boats, with 100 camels. Near the village
is a hill surmounted by a watch-tower ; under the hill is a well,
Haleitdn, with good water.

9. Sumeismah, a walled village on the E. coast midway between
Luseil and Khdr Ehaqiq, in the same bay as Dha'ii’in. It is inhabited
by iibout 250 families of the Al Bu Kuwarah tribe, with a few
Kibisah, owning 50 pearl-boats, 10 other sea-going vessels, and 1
10 fishing-boats, besides 70 camels and a few horses. Drinking water

is brought from the wells of 'Awcinat Bin Huscin, 4 miles to W. ;
the water of the small well Khariqut Sumeismuh is bitter.