a seaport on the south-east coast of Arabia, 32 miles E.N.E. of Makallah; N. Lat. 14. 43., E. Long. 49. 40. It stretches about a mile along the shore, and consists of houses, for the most part large and good, irregularly grouped together. The chief buildings are a castle, where a sultan resides, a custom-house, and several mosques. Coarse cotton-cloth, gunpowder, and arms are manufactured here; and a considerable trade is carried on. There is an open roadstead about a mile from the shore, with good anchorage. Pop. 6000.