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MAD—MAD
madam -
A plain in Trucial 'Oman {q. v.); its centre is about 40 miles south-east of Sharjah town
MADARAH—
An area, containing many wells, in Barr-adh-Dhahran {q. v.), in the Hasa district of
eastern Arabia.
MADARIS—
A village in the Qatlf oasis {q.v.), in eastern Arabia. It is a suburb of Qatif town.
madassah—
Some wells in Jauf {q. v.), in the Hasa district of eastern Arabia.
MADASSAH—
A hollow, holding up rain water, near Qasr Sa'id, in Qasim {q -v.).
MADHAFIRAH—
A sub-section of the Bani Hajir {q. v.) tribe of eastern Arabia.
MAD-HAH—
A village in Shamailiyah {q.v.), a littoral tract on the eastern side of the 'Oman Pro
montory.
madhahakah—
An Arab tribe in Bahrain, said to have come from Qatar where some still remain. They
claim descent from Dhahhak-bin-Qais who was (they say) a king in Arabia before the days
of Muhammad. They have 150 houses at Busaitin on Muharraq Island and a few at
Dha'ain on the coast of Qatar. Two or three of their principal men are pearl merchants ;
the rest are divers. The Madhahakah are Maliki Sunnis.
MADHA'IR—
A fendy of the Southern Shammar tribe (7. v.), of the Aslam division.
MADHAIYIH (W adi)—
One of the valleys in Jabal Salmah {q .v.), in Jabal Shammar, by which the chief
amphitheatre in the former range is approached.
MADHAKlR—
A section of the Al Wahibah tribe {q. v.) of the Sharqiyahrfind Ja'alan districts of the
'Oman Sultanate.
MADHARIB—
A Bedouin camping ground, with water, in the division of Biyadh {q. v.), in Hasa,
eastern Arabia, which lies to the north of Sabakhat-as-Summ.
MADHARIBAH—
A section of the Hataim tribe {q.v.), of central Arabia.
MADHAWIRAH—
A section of the Al Wahibah tribe {q. v.), of the Sharqiyah and Ja'alan districts of the
'Oman Sultanate.
MADHBAH (R as-al)—
A cape in the tract of Barr-al-'Oqair {q. v.), in the Hasa district of eastern Arabia.
MADHHUR—
A tract in the Nafud {q. v.), in northern central Arabia.
MADHI ( A l)—
A section of the Bani Tamim tribe {q. v.) of Najd.