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MIYAH ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-)—
Or Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. JarTr; the largest tributary of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -ar-Rummah. This valley must not be
confused with the depressed tract of the same name in the Hasa district of eastern Arabia.
MIYAH ( Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-)—
One of the valleys in the depressed area known as Wadyan [q. v.), in northern Arabia.
MIYAHlYAH—
A group of 30 wells, with sweet water at 3 fathoms, situated about 6 hours' journey
eastwards of Riyadh on the route to Al-Hasa.
MIY A'IS AH—
A section of the Bani Ka'ab tribe {q. v.), of the 'Oman Promontory.
MIYAISIN (W adi)—
One of the component valley of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Ma'awal {q. v.), in the Western Hajar district
of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MIYAKHAH—
A fendy of the southern Shammar tribe {q. v.), of the 'Abdah division.
MIYAY1HAH—
Singular Mij^ahi. This tribe of the 'Oman Sultanate are also called Bani Ghafir, but
the alternative name is ambiguous and is apt to lead to confusion between the Miyayihah
and the Ghafiri political faction, to which they belong and to which they gave their
name.
The Miyayihah are found chiefly in Western Hajar,, in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bani Ghafir, where they
occupy the villages of Dhab'a (25 houses,) Kahaf (30 houses), Dhawaihir (20 houses),
Taiyib (25 houses), Rijlah (20 houses), Qarti (40 houses), Ruwaibi (15 houses), Difa' (30
house ), Marji (50 houses), Khafdi (30 houses), Tabaqah (20 houses), Diha (20 houses).
'Amar (25 houses), and Zawajir (35 houses); in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sahtan, where they have Khadhra
(40 houses); and in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Fara', where their villages are Rustaq (400 houses), Mizahit
(65 houses), and Hazam (40 houses): but they also occur at Darlz (200 houses) in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-
KabTr, at Bait-al-'Ainain (20 houses) in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sanaisal, and at Wahrah (100 houses) in
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sharsah, in the district of Dhahirah. They are found too at Bahlah in 'Oman
Proper (30 houses). Those of Marji and Mizahit belong to a section called Bani Salman,
those of Pihas to a section known as SalamiyJn, and those oi Bahlah are Maqarishah,
but it has not been possible to obtain a complete account of the subdivisions of the tribe ;
there is also a section styled Khanabishah, located in the villages of Nizuk (20 houses)
and Madmah (25 houses) in the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Hoqain section of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bani Ghafir.
The Miyayihah are not a very large tribe, numbering perhaps 7,000 souls, but they
have a reputation for valour and skill in war, and in 1881 gave ample proof of pugnacity
by being simultaneously at feud with eight other tribes. The Miyayihah at Darlz are
Sunnis, the rest are Ibadhis : none are Bedouins.
The Miyayihah have not now, and never had, as a tribe, any dominant position in
the Ghafiri poUtical faction : that the faction was named after them was a circum
stance due not to the strength of the tribe but to the personal energy and talents of their
Shaikh, Muhammad-bin-Kasir, who commanded the Ghafirlyah in the earliest struggle
between that coalition and their rivals the Hinawlyah. The Tamimah of the Miyayihah
nevertheless till lately continued to be titular Tamimah of the whole Ghafiri faction, but
this is not now the case. In 1881 the office of Tamimah of the Ghafiriyah was held by
Barghash-bin-Hamaid, a member of an almost extinct family; he was subsequently
murdered by a younger brother, and if the Ghafiris have now a general head, it is probably
'Abdullah-bin-Salim of the Bani Bu 'Ali tribe. The present leading Shaikhs of the
Miyayihah are Saif-bin-Hamad and his two brothers in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bani Ghafir and Muham
mad-bin-Sulaiman and his sons at Darlz.
MIYAHlYAH—
A watering place, six hours' journey east of Riyadh, on the route to Hofuf, consisting
of about 30 wells of sweet water at 3 fathoms.
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