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MAR—MAS
MARRAN— i , # it
A watering place and camping ground on the Hajj route from Qasjm, or Darb -as.
Sultdni, and situated rather more than 300 miles by road south-westward from Buraidah.
Marran, which is in 'Ataibah country, possesses numerous shallow wells.
MARRU (QIRA'-AL-)—
A tract in Kuwait territory, situated to the north of Jahrah between Zaqlah and Yah:
it begins at 9 miles, and extend to 15 miles, from Jahrah. Its elevation is from 250 to
300 feet; it has camel grazing but no water. The name, which means a barren pebbly
waste, is perfectly descriptive.
MARRUNAH (R as-al)—
A cape on the cast coast of Qatar {q. v.), eastern Arabia.
MARSHUD—
One of the tribes forming the general body known as the Bani Khadhir {q. v.), of
southern Najd.
MAR'OB (Q asr)—•
An alternative name for Qasr Al Subaih {q. v.), in the Hasa district of eastern Arabia.
MARUTAH—
A plain in Najd, traversed by the route from Riyadh to Mecca between the stages
Shamaisah and Makainah. The Marutah plain is said to be some 25 or 30 miles wide, its
centre being rather less than 100 miles by road from Riyadh.
MARWAN—
See 'Anaizah tribe ; Dahamishah sub-division of the 'Amarat.
MARWAN—
A village in Aflaj {q. v.), in southern central Arabia.
MARWAN (B ani)—
One of the tribes of the Yemen Tihamah whoso habitat lies inland from Midi and
Habl, between Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sail on the north and Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. 'Ain on the south ; on the east it is
bounded by a line from Haradh to Buhais. At the present time they are fighting with the
Idrisi.—( Wauhope, 1915.)
MARWANI (W adi)—
A gorge in the Ruus-al-Jibal promontory which reaches the sea at Kumzar {q. v.).
MARWAZAN—
A hamlet in Bahrain Island {q. v.).
MARZUQ.—
See 'Anaizah tribe ; Hilban sub-division of the 'Amarat.
MAS A'AD—
A fendy of the Southern Shammar tribe {q. v.), of tho Dighairat division.
MASA'ADAH—
A tract in the Samawah Qadha {q. v.) of 'Iraq.
MASADD (A l)—
An embankment in north-western Arabia, nearly 8 miles from 'Aqabah on tho routo
Ma an. It is built of largo, rough-hewn stone blocks and stretches right across Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
to
Ithm.
MASAFI—
A small village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Ham [q. v.), in Trucial 'Oman.