"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎١‎٣‎٩] (٦٨٨/١٨٨)

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Name.
Position.
On which
bank
situated.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
Resources.
Mahram ..
3 miles below Jurakh
Do. ..
300 houses of
Bani Ruwahah.
70 camels, 100 don
keys, 100 cattle, 800
sheep and goats
and 7,000 palms.
Saih
3 miles below Mah
ram.
Do. ..
150 houses of
Bani Ruwahah.
iO camels, 40 don
keys, 50 cattle, 400
sheep and goats
and 300 palms.
Bai'ah
2 miles below Saih
Do. ..
40 houses of
Bani Ruwahah.
20 camels, 30 don
keys, 20 cattle, 200
sheep and goats
and 1,000 palms.
Khala
3 miles below Bai'ah
Left
10 houses of
Bani Ruwahah.
20 camels, 20 don
keys, 15 cattle, 100
sheep and goats and
400 palms.
The junction of this valley with Wadi'Andam at Ghiryain takes place about 3 miles
below Khala.
The Bani Ruwahah of Wadi Mahram belong to the Wilad 'Ali, Wilad 'Ayish, Wilad
Barkat, Wilad Hamad, Bani Hamim and Wilad Salim sections of the tribe ; and the
total number of the inhabitants is about 4,500 souls.
MAHRAQAH—
A well of drinkable but brackish water in the Zor district {q .v.) of the Kuwait Princi
pality. This well is about 2 miles from that of Mdairah and some 17 miles from Jahrah.
MAHRIQAH—
A hamlet in the 'Aridh district {q .v.), of central Arabia.
MAHRIZ (A ulad)—•
One of the tribes of the 'Oman Sultanate {q .v.) of which the faction is indeterminate
or has not been ascertained. The Aulad (or Bani) Mahriz are held by some authorities
to be a section of the Rahbiyin {q .v.).
MAHTAB—
A station on the Hejaz Railway {q .v.), 677-90 kilometres from Damascus
MAHUHI (U mm-al)—
A tract in ths Samawah Qadha {q .v.) of 'Iraq.
MAHUR (Halat Abu)—
A village which at high water is surrounded by the sea, but at low tide is connected
with Muharraq Island in Bahrain. It is distant about 200 yards from the south side
of Muhurraq Town and consists of some 500 houses and huts inhabited by Sunnis of
varioustribes, viz., AlBin-Maqla (100 houses),'Utub of the Jalahimah section (5houses),
A1 Musallam (5 houses), low caste Arabs (50 houses), free ne roes (140 houses),
and negro slaves living apart from their masters (200 houses). At the south end of th e
island stands the 4 bastioned fort of Abu Mahur, sometimes called Muharraq fort,
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