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above itineraries, but also by recent investigations, that Malham does 

 not lie near Yamama, but near JETajr. Further, the 'Izdh, into which these 

 wafers fall, comes from Manfuha, (Hamdany, fol. 119 v.) and flows, as 

 Yaqut (v. 'Izdh) says, from N to S, passing close by Qorran, (and 

 Malham and 'Aqra) see Yaq. v. Khawarij v. 1, p. 370. Whereas 

 the waters of Yamama flow in all probability towards N E : conse- 

 quently the verses can only apply to Jiajr and its environs. Sok- 

 hary, as we have seen, on leaving Z^ajr, surveys the country up the 

 'Izdh. The third place which lie meets in this country, which is 

 covered with villages, is 'Aqraba "where Khalid's army was defeated 

 in the morning and gained a victory over Mosaylima in the even- 



tog." 



Certain it is, the fields of battle are close to flajr, and the traditionists, 

 their whole attention being turned to romantic and edifying but very silly 

 tales, pay no attention to facts and place them to Yamama. There is 

 another point, my dear Lees, to which I wish to draw your attention. 

 A legend says, Yamama was the name of a Jadysite woman. She had 

 very sharp eyes and descried the army of the Tobba' which came from 

 south western Arabia, at a distance of two days. She gave the alarm, 

 and the Jady sites prepared to oppose the enemy. The Tobba' having 

 taken the town, crucified her for her services, and from that time the 

 towns whose name had been Jaww was called Yamdma. Beladzory 

 thinks that his town of Yamama, i. e. i7ajr is meant in the legends. 

 He is wrong ; it applies to the town two marches S. W. of iZajr 

 which is to this day called Yamama, and which was once called Jaww 

 y>>. Sokhary goes from Bahrayn over Dohrodh ijbj*>& (see Yaqiit 

 and Qin' £X» towards the west and says : 

 OU^J ^J^viuLif|jij L$jj <3_j^) LSjh &i&° f»j^ ' J^ &*y&s?\&J p> 



" Then you reach Khidhrima; (Khidhrima lies N. E. from the town 

 Yanuma Jihannuma, p. 530. Khidrima is a place in the province 

 of Yamama and belongs to the Banii Raby'a. Some say it is the 

 capital of Yamama — Yaqut.) Jaww-al-Khidhariin (i. e. the Jaww 

 near the (nuns called Khidhrima) is the name of a town, of villages 

 and of a market-place belonging to the Banu Akhdhar. This is the 





