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CHATENI

CHATENI an Arab tribe inhabiting the Sinus Capenus, which Pliny places on the west side of the Persian Gulf, and a little north of the Sinus Gerraicus (6.28. s. 32): the Sinus Capenus is at once identified with Chat, or Katiff Bay, by the mention of its inhabitants, the Chateni.( Forster, Arabia, vol. 2. p. 216.)

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