Al Ashkharah
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Al Ashkharah ({{langx|ar|الأشخرة}}) (named after a poisonous desert plant) is a town in the Ash Sharqiyah Region of Oman and is 80km from Ras al-Hadd and 90km from Ras al-Jinz.{{cite book |last=Thomas |first=Gavin |date=2011 |title=The Rough Guide to Oman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qKAtjJoXXpwC&dq=Al+Ashkharah+Oman&pg=PA175 |publisher=Penguin Books |page=175 |isbn=978-1405389358 |access-date=August 7, 2015}} It is part of the J'alan area and can be considered as the key city of this area in addition to Ja'lan. The city's main economic activity is fishing{{cite book |last=Agius |first=Dionisus A. |title=Seafaring in the Arabian Gulf and Oman: People of the Dhow |date=6 December 2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DRtWm-UkS-oC&dq=Al+Ashkharah+Oman&pg=PA86 |publisher=Routledge |page=86 |isbn=978-1136201820 |access-date=August 7, 2015}} and is famous for catching big fish from shore. Tides are very rough compared to shores in muscat.
In 1874, British diplomat Samuel Barrett Miles sailed to several Arabic-speaking countries including Al Ashkharah. {{cite book |author1=R. L. Bidwell |author2=G. Rex Smith |author3=J. R. Smart |date=1994 |title=New Arabian Studies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=29yk1ddLaDoC&dq=Al+Ashkharah+Oman&pg=PA31 |publisher=University of Exeter Press |page=31 |isbn=0859894525 |access-date=August 7, 2015}}