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ascertained but is probably inconsiderable. Besides these there are perhaps 300 Mazar?
at the village of Khan near Sharjah Town. The extent to which theMazari' are regarded,
outside Abu Dhabi territoy, as a section of the Bani Yas is uncertain ; as a rule they are
Ghafiri, in politics and Hanbali in religion.
MAZARI' (B urj-al)—
A fort immediately above the village of 'Alayat-al-Mazari' in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Fara {q. v.), in the
'Oman Sultanate.
MAZAWI (Al)—
A hamlet in the Hasa oasis {q. v.), in eastern Arabia.
MAZDALIFAH—
A small mosque, almost in ruins, three hours and three-quarters from Mecca on the
road to 'Arafat. Close to the ruined mosque is a water tank. From Mazdalifah two
roads lead to 'Arafat; the one to the north along the plain or valley called Dhub, and
the other straight across the mountain—joining the former near Ala main. Proceeding
along the valley, at four hours and a quarter the mountains again close and a narrow pass,
called Al-Mazamain or Al-Madhiq, leads across them for half an hour, after which the
view opens upon the plain of 'Arafat. The mosque at Mazdalifah is often called Mushar-
al-Haram.
MAZHARAH—
Some salt swamps on the route between Kuwait and Anta'a, in the Hasa district and
situated about 23 miles northward of Anta'a village. Between Mazharah and Jabal
Na'airiyah, to the south-west, there are wells of drinkable water.
MAZIDIYAH—
A village in the Mamduhiyah Nahiyah of the Hillah Qadha, {q. v.) in 'Iraq.
MAZIM (F alaj-al)—
One of the hamlets comprising the group known as Aflaj Bani Qitab in Dhahirah {q. v.)
'Oman Sultanate.
MAZLIQ —
The middle one of three channels leading from the Euphrates into the Hammar Lake.
Seven or eight miles below Suq-ash-Shuyukh the river forks and forms two channels,
the northern being known as Mazliq and the southern, Umm Nakhlah. The third
channel, called Garmah Safhah, or Haqiqah, takes off from the Euphrates above Suq-
ash-Shuyukh and flows into the Hammar Lake to the north of the other two.
The village of Mazliq consists of a few huts only and stands on the north bank of
Mazliq Channel near its eastern end.
MAZRAFAH—
An agricultural tract in the Kadhimain Qadha {q. v.), of the Baghdad Wilayat, in
'Iraq.
MAZRU (B ani)—
A section of the Bani Jabir tribe {q. v.), of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MAZRUAH—
A Bedouin camping ground in the interior of Qatar {q. v.), eastern Arabia.
MAZYADI—
An outlying qasr near Raudhah {q. v.), in the Aflaj district of Najd.
MBARAZ—
Formerly a detached quarter of Sharjah town {q. v.), in Trucial 'Oman but now incor
porated.
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