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Shiya ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. )
Snwaihah ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. )..
Some where in the
neighbourhood of
J ca b a 1 Khadhra.
Apparently on the
east or south-east
side of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Shiya,
of which it is said
to be a tributary.
A valley which has
no outlet: it is oc
cupied by 30 house
holds of nomadic
Bani Ka'ab of the
Drisah and Shwai-
hiyin sections.
*
A valley inhabited
by about 200 fami
lies of Bani Ka'ab,
mostly nomadic, of
the Shwaihiyin sec
tion.
This valley is said to
receive the drainage
of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Shwaihah
and to be closed at
its end by Jabal
Samaini.
The country between Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hatta and the Jau district, so i ^/® atures , 0 ^ hlC ^ ^
been considered above, seems to be a prefect labyrinth of small \\ adis, and it has pr e
impossible to fix the relative positions of all the different places satisfactorily,
names of a number of less important valleys are known, the situations of which cannot
be even approximately indicated. The following however appears to be the order, from
north to south, of the Wadis upon the west side of the watershed :
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sarfah.
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Shwaihah (see above).
[ Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Ramthah.
These 5 seem to enter or j Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. 'Abld. rTTT-j-rrujv,
cross Mahadhah in \ Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Nawai-i (probably part of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Khadhra above).
their westward 1 Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Khabaib.
course. i Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Haiwan.
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bu Sa'ad.
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Misah. t .
Besides these there are 3 Wadis, named Fai, Musha and Subakh of which the position
are altogether uncertain. All the Wadis enumerated are north of the Baraimi-bohar
Communications. —From Mahadhah village to the Baraimi Oasis : is described as a
journey of about 20 miles in a south-westerly direction ; it is said that the country
between is a plain, but that there is a slight descent by the way and that one low pass
must be crossed. The route from Mahadhah to Sohar Town is via Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. 'Abailah and
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Jizi; and it is stated that the head of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. 'Abailah is reached in about 10 miles
from Mahadhah upon an ascending graident.
MAHABHAH (J abal).—
See Mahadhah.
MAHADHAH (Village).—
See Mahadhah.
MAHADHAR—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Fara' {q. v.) in the 'Oman Sultanate.
M AH A DIN AH—
A section of the Hajriyin tribe (,q).v.), of the 'Oman Sultanate.