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houses) and Taraif (200 houses) in the Sohar sub-Wilayat in Batinah, The Maqabil at
Muta'arishah belong to a section styled Bani Khail and a number of those in Batinah are
Samah. The number of the tribe may be estimated at nearly 5,000 souls, and Hail in
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Hilti appears to be their headquarters. In 1905 the Maqabil gave much
trouble to the Sultan of 'Oman and were expelled by his troops from a fort in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-
Hilti.
MAQADAMAH—
A section of the Habus tribe {q. v.), of the Sharqiyah district of tho 'Oman Sultanate.
MAQADIHAH—
A section of the Hirth tribe {q. v.), of the Sharqiyah district of tho 'Oman Sultanate.
MAQADIHAH—
One of the Bani Shatair families of the Shihuh tribe {q. v.), of the 'Oman Promon
tory.
MA'QAL—
A stony plain near Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Falaij {q. v.), in the Eastern Haj r district of the 'Oman
Sultanate.
MAQALAILI—
A place in the Ruiis-al-Jibal district {q. v.), of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MAQAM 'ALI—
Commonly called Maqam ; an important quarter of the town of Basrah {q. v.).
MAQAMMA—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sahtan {q. v.) in the Western Hajar district of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MAQANNAH— I
Singular Maqaini; one of the Hinawi tribes of the 'Oman Sultanate {q. v.).
MAQAQAH—
A village in the Ruus-al-Jibal district {q. v.) of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MAQARISHAH—
A section of the Miyayihah tribe {q. v.) of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MAQASiS—
A section of the Bani Rabl'ah tribe {q. v.) of 'Iraq. They are respected as Saiyids
by the other Bani Rabl'ah and wear their hair long ; they engage in agriculture and also
in robbery and some of them are considered to belong to the Bani Lam rather than
to the Bani Rabl'ah. The Maqasls are found on the right bank of the Tigris, south of
the Sannaiyat, Umm-al-'Uruq, and 'Orah reaches, between Kut-ul-Amaiah and
Shaikh Sa'ad.
MAQATIM—
A section of the Bani Ka'ab tribe {q. v.) of the 'Oman Promontory.
MAQATlX—
A small fishing hamlet, with an anchorage, on the Hadhramaut coast of Southern
Arabia. It is situated in Lat. lb 0 25' N. Long. 46° 26' E. and is about 45 nautical miles
eastward of Shuqrah. Maqatln possesses a shrine and a ruined tower, a limited supply
of brackish water and no supplies. Fuel and camel grazing are fairly plentiful in tho
district. There are several artificial salt-pans.
The anchorage is formed by a slightly projecting rocky point, from which four rocky
islets and a sunken rock project 2| cables southward. A rocky 3-foot patch lies 3 cables
south by west from the islets, with a 4-fathom patch 3 cables south-east from it; another
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