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This 8 km long island of sand to the north of Ras al-Khaimah city and to the south of Rams is separated from the mainland by a narrow lagoon, called the Khor Khuwair, which is passable on foot at low-tide. Virtually the entire length of the island shows sign of human occupation, mainly in the form of pottery scatters and, under the sand, of burning where hearths and palm-frond houses ('arish) once stood.
The earliest material from Jazirat al-Hulaylah dates to the time of the Sasanians and continues, intermittently, up to the eighteenth century AD Imported pottery from Iran, Iraq and the Far East can be compared with finds from other Islamic sites in the UAE such as Kush, Jumeirah and Julfar. Indeed, Jazirat al-Hulaylah may have been one of the forerunners of the Julfar known to the Portuguese as al-Mataf.
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