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yards. The post is enclosed within a perimeter wall with flanking towers. There are
said to be some ancient rock-hewn tanks here which are still fit for use.
MAFLAKAIN—
See Farasan (Islands and Bank); bank, western side.
MAFRAK—
A station on the Hejaz railway {q. v.), 161 • 9 kilometres from Damascus.
MAFRAQ-AD-DARB—
The name by which the Darb Zubaidah is known at Bir Atalahat, some 80 miles south
of Najaf.
MAFSUBBAR (Island)—■
See Farasan (Islands and Bank); bank, western side.
MAFTUL-AL-'AJAM—
A locality on the right bank of the Tigris {q. v.) immediately below Bghailah.
MAGHlBISHAH—
A section of the Yal Sa'ad tribe (q. v.) of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MAGHABIYAH {Island)—
See Farasan (Islands and Bank); bank, western side.
MAG HAIL AH—
A well on the caravan route between Damascus and Jauf-al-'Umr; it is pleasantly
situated in a narrow part of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Rajil some 35 miles north-west from Kaf. When last
visited there were three or four trees here {1908).
MAGHARAH—
A section of the Hirth tribe {q. v.), of the Sharqiyah district of the 'Oman Sultanate.
magh A riyah—
See 'Ataibah tribe ; 'Asumah sub-division of the Barqah.
MAGHITHAH—
One of the quarters of the town of Hail {q. v.), the capital of Jabal Shammar.
MAGHRIFIYAH—
A hollow, near Dhrumah {q. v.), in the A 'ridh district of Xajd, descending from Jabal
Tuwaiq.
MAGHRITSAH (B ir)—
A halting place, in northern Arabia, on the Darb Zubaidah and situated about 50 miles
from Najaf.— {Ruber, 1881.)
maghsar—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Samad {q. v.), in the 'Oman Sultanate.
MAGHSAT—
One of the divisions of Sharqiyah {q. v. ), in the Sultanate of Oman.
MAGHSI (Khob)—
A small salt water lagoon near Ras Darjah {q. v.), on the Mahrah coast, southern
Arabia.
magil— " ,
Sometimes called by the Arabs Kut-al-Farangi because the British Consulate wan
here until about the year 18t>2 (?)