Ras al Hadd
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Raʾs al-Ḥadd (Arabic: رَأْس ٱلْحَدّ) is a village in Ash Sharqiyah district in Oman.
Location
It is on a point at the entrance to the Gulf of Oman. The region is served by Ras al Hadd Airport.
Variants
Jat Gotras Namesake
Geography
Al Hajar Mountains are located to the west.[1]
The beaches at Ras al Hadd and nearby Ra's al-Jinz are known as a breeding ground for green sea turtles.[2]
Mention by Pliny
Pliny[3] mentions Arabia.....Next to these are the Chaculatæ; then the town of Sibi, by the Greeks called Apate42; the Arsi, the Codani, the Vadei, who dwell in a large town, the Barasasæi, the Lechieni, and the island of Sygaros43, into the interior of which no dogs are admitted, and so being exposed on the sea shore, they wander about there and are left to die.
42 A name which looks very much like "fraud," or "cheating," as Hardouin observes, from the Greek ἀπάτη.
43 Off the Promontory of Ras-el-Had.
References
- ↑ Cavendish, Marshall (2007). World and Its Peoples. Vol. 1. Cavendish Square Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7614-7571-2.
- ↑ "MECA Open Data". Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs.
- ↑ Natural History by Pliny Book VI/Chapter 32