"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٢‎٤‎٧] (٦٨٨/٢٩٦)

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MUDHNIB (T own)—
A town in Qasim, Central Arabia, situated about 35 miles south-south-east from
Buraidah. It is the chief settlement of the Mudhnib district, and lies at the foot of a pro
jecting nose of a jdl, or escarpmentj 250 feet high, and running 600 yards east of the
town. It is surrounded by a broken-down wall, and contains about 2,000 inhabitants
who are inclined to be surly. The water supply is from wells (jallbs), and is abund
ant thouhg slightly brackish. Two miles southward of the town is a well of sweet
water, alongside which is a fort known as Qasr Ibn Sa'ud where zaqlt is collected. There
is considerable cultivation one mile north of the town, along the foot of the jal and, in
the vicinity are many scattered plantations with qasr, those situated to the south and
west of the town, and at a distance from it of about two miles, beings known as As Saf ra.
There is no grazing but a good deal of lucerne is grown. Livestock includes camels
(mostly used for drawing water), donkeys, and cows, but in very limited numbers.
(Leachinan, 1912.)
MUDRAH (J abal)—•
A hill in the tract called Barr-adh-Dhahran {q. v.), in the Hasa district of eastern
Arabia.
MUFADHDHAL—
A walled grove, with a hamlet, in 'Aqdah (q.v.), in Jabal 'Aja, central Arabia.
MUFADHDHAL—
A section of the Southern Shammar tribe (q. v.) of the 'Abdah division.
MUFAIJIR—
A village in Harlq (q. v.), southern Najd.
MUFANAJ—
A section of the Al Wahlbah tribe (q. v.) of the SharqTyah and Ja'alan districts of the
'Oman Sultanate.
MUFARISH-AR-RUZ—
A sandy depression, surrounded by hills, used as a halting place on the Syrian Hajj
route and situated about 20 miles north-westward from Madain Salih. This namo
(meaning rice beds) has reference to the grains of white quartz which cover the ground.
MUFARRIJ —
See 'Ataibah tribe ; Nafa'a sub-division of the Barqah.
MUFARRIJ—
See Dawasir tribe of southern Najd ; Farj an sub-division of the Al Hasan.
MUFATTAH (K hor-al)—
A creek in the Ardh-al-Khor tract of the Kuwait principality (q. v.).
MUFIDH—
A swamp in the Washam district (q. v.) of southern Najd.
MUFIYAH—
A watering place in Dhahirah (q. v.), in the 'Oman Sultanate.
MUGHAB—
The name of a gap in the hills round Masqat (q. v.) town,
MUGHAILAH—
A halting place, presumably with water, on the desert route between Bandar Radaim
' and Liwah, in Dhafrah (q. v.), Trucial 'Oman.