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strata, one hut above another. Date-grove and some cultivation in valley ;
precipitous hills in immediate vicinity. Inhabitants can cross hills to Has
al Khaimain one day. 3) (4) Population 200. Palgrave put it at 2,000 and
said place was most populous in lluus el Jebel. (5) Shihiyyin. (6) (7) Cattle
procurable. Good water not in any quantity. Firewood difficult. According
to Palgrave, there are oaks, palms, lotos-trees and acacias in the valley behind.
( 8 )-( 11 ).
LIYA. —Village. (1) Suburb of Sharga town. (2) Stands on narrow
strip of sand between Sharga creek and sea ; dwellings mostly mat-huts. (3)
Large tower at south end. (4)—(10).
LUBEYDHA.—Cove mentioned by Whitelock as near Ummul Kawein
and sheltered from all winds.
MAD A.—Hamlet within Elphinstone Inlet, on south side of neck of Jebel
Shem peninsula. Wells of good water, said to be best in Inlet.
MAHAMI.—Section of Naim tribe (?).
MAHDEH.—District or tribe, inland from Shamaliya coast—see map of
Parts of Arabia and Persia.
MAH SARA H.—Map opposite page 15 in Bombay Government Records
XXIV, 1856, shows considerable place of this name on mainland over against
Ras al Khaima. Persian Gulf Pilot, 189S, page 87, mentions small fishing
village on low islet in back-water opposite Ras ui Khaima.
MAILI.—Small village (what name?) on sandy beach in bay on north
face of Musandam peninsula opposite Kun Island, at foot of Jebel Maili.
MAILI (JEBEL).—Remarkable sharp peak on north face of Musandam
promontory, 1,894 feet high. Overhangs slightl /to east.
MAKHI.—Large fishing village with wells of fairly good water on west
side of entrance of Kada cove, between town of Khasab and Ras Sheikh Masud.
MAKLAB.—Bay in west side of an isthmus, which is at one point only
about 400 yards wide and separates Malcolm and Elphinstone Inlets. Bay lies
between Telegraph Islet and Hana and dimensions are about 1 mile each way.
[Is isthmus properly called Maklab, and is there village of this name ?]
MAKTAA.—Creek, 10 miles from Abu Dhabi on route to Bereymi. Can
be crossed by camels at low water. Fort belonging to chief of Abu Dhabi
stands in midst of water to defend crossing against Bedouins. Creek connects
Khor Laffan with Khor of Abu Dhabi; only one ford.
MANASIR.— Section of Beni Yas (?). Palgrave treats them as a distinct
tribe, widely different from the Beni Yas in origin and appearance. He says
they are by tradition, physical outline and dialect a branch of the Abs family
and therefore Nejdeans. Douglas estimates their number at 2,000 and fighting
strength at 400 t in neighbourhood of Hasa) and says their chiefs receive
Turkish subsidies.
MANSUL,—Village in Malcolm Inlet almost opposite Filam bay. Alter
native settlement of Pilam people.
MARRAR—Tribe some of whom have transferred their allegiance from
Dabai to Sharga.
MATARISH.—Tribe represented at Ras ul Khaima and Abu Hail.
MAZARI’A.—Tribe who attacked Naim of Bereymi in 1875.
MEFRAZ.—Mentioned by Palgrave as a good-sized village 3 or 4 miles
north of Sharga with handsome palace and better plantations than Sharga. Can
Fasht or Haira be meant ?
MEHAMA.—Pirates between Sharga and Katar, mentioned in Povah's
Gazetteer of Arabia.
METOWWA (BEDA-EL).—Fourth stage on eastern route from Bereymi
to Hasa.
METOWWA (B1R-EL).—Sixth stage on western route from Bereymi to
Hasa. There is acacia jungle and sweet water but wells are deep.
MOKABER.—Place marked in Philip’s Map of Arabia, some distance
south-south-east of Khor Dhoan.