Busr el-Hariry, Mus, d. In the Luhf, South of the Lejah. Um el-'Alak | بصر الحريري ام العلق جاح Jehâh* Rîmet el-Luhf, Dr. > Cath. ريمة اللحف }. الدويرة نجران ed-Duweirah, Dr. Cath. 2 Nejrân, Cath. Deir el-Asmar 3 | دير الاسمر بریکه .Burikeh, Dr. Cath. Gr B. In the Lejah itself; Dâma being taken as a central point, which is considered the capital of the Lejah. el-Kharsa | وقم Wukm* Khureibât .Sumeid, Dr | خریبات الرصيف * er-Rusair | { الخرسا صميد This mountain appears from the northwest, as an isolated range, with the conical peak called Kelb (5) and Kuleib (b) Hau. rân, which is probably an extinct volcano, near its southern extremity. But from the neighbourhood of Busrah, it is discovered, that a lower continuation extends southwards far as the eye can see. On this lower range stands the castle of Sulkhad, distinctly seen from Busrah. This mountain is perhaps the Alsadamus of Ptolemy. The list of names commences at the northeast extremity of the mountain, and the places mentioned are all on the hither side of it. el-Juneineh, Dr. ed-Dubbeh | الجنينة Shuka, Dr. Chr. Zaxxaía La Deir el-Leben* .Suleim, Dr. Chr | الهيات 2 .Mefaleh, Dr | الهيت el-Hiyât* el.Heit, Cath. 'Amra, Dr. Nimreh, Dr. Gr. 3 Shuhba, Dr. Gr. عمرا نمره شهباء Murduk, Dr. Chr. 1) Burckh. x. Prob. the Saccaea of Ptolemy, see Rel. pp. 110, 459. 8) Heb. به P, Kenath, Num. xxxii. 42. The Karáda and Karoa of the Greeks, see Reland Pal. p. 681. 9) See Schultens Ind. Geogr. in Vit. Sal. art. Soweida; and Kochler, Abulf. Tab. Syr. p. 27, note 117, Add. et Corr. In both places written .128 .Also Abulf. Hist. Anteisl. ed. Fleischer, p السويدا This is the region back of the mountain of Haurân. Of the name given to it, I have only a faint recollection; nor am I sure that it extends to the region in the neighbourhood of Sulkhad, Tannûs, in his notes, calls it simply the region back of the mountain of Haurân. We obtained the names from the people of Suweideh, who were evidently well acquainted with the country. They called it the country of Job, and spoken in high terms of its fertility. In the list, two places are taken as starting points, viz. el-Juneinch, and Sulkhad. 1. North and East of Juneineh, beginning at the North. 1) Burckh. 8. 3) Id. x. Is this the tateuch for Ashtaroth? See Reland Palaest. p. 598. 4) Burckh.. 5) Edrisi confounds this place with Edhra'; par Jaubert I. pp. 354, 361; writing it . Probably some error has crept into the manuscript, In one place he calls it a district, p. 361. Abulfeda speaks of el-Bethenyeh only as a district, but extends it so far west, as to make Edhra'ât the capital of it, of course including el-Lejah in it; Tab. Syr. pp. 50, 97. See also Note 97, Add. et Corr. and likewise p. 14, Note 67. At the same time he makes Busrah the capital of Haurân, p. 99. Compare also Abulf. Histor. Anteislam. ed. Fleischer, p. 26. See above p. 155, Note 5.-Edhra' seems to identify the Bashan of Scripture with of Abulfeda; Edrei (Edhra') having been one of the chief cities of the former region, and Edhra'ât (Edhra') bearing the same relation to the latter. And both are connected with el-Bethenyeh of this list of names, by the Batanaea of Ptolemy. For he places Saccaea (lä VII. 3) in the eastern part of Batanaea, and likewise places Edera (prob. Edhra') in it. Also his Gerra may be (VII. 2. B. a), and his Alsadamus may possibly have some relation to Lols (VII. 2. B. a). جرين IX. Tract West of the Haj Road. Between the Haj-road and Jebel 'Ajlûn, there intervenes a narrow tract, the name of which I do not know. It might not be زهوه 2) Burckh. فقر 1) Burckh. 3) Burckh.. The present pronunciation is distinctly as it is written in the list. The Arabian geographers write it. See Abulf. Tab. Syr. pp. 55, 99, 105. Also Schult. Ind. Geogr. in Vit. Sal. القريس .Burkh 4 |