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MAH—MAH
behind Taqa and in the Qatan tract inland of Wadi Dirbat in the Dhufar District \
few are settled at Murbat. One of the sections adjoining Dhufar on the west are tho
Bu Malih of Jadhib and Hof.
MAHRAH ('A yal)—
A section of the Habus tribe (q.v.), of the Sharqiyah district of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MAHRAM—
An anchorage on the coast of the Red Sea between Jiddah and Lith, and situated
in Lat. 20° 25' N., Long. 39° 40' E. The anchorage is not good as there are straggling
rocks in it.— [R. S. and G. of A. Pilot.)
On Hunter's map this place is called Makram.
MAHRAM—
A village in the valley of the same name (q.v.), in the Eastern Hajar district of tho
'Oman Sultanate-
MAHRAM (W adi)—
A valley rising in the southern slopes of the Eastern Hajar of the 'Oman Sultanate,
in a part of the hills called Jabal Hala which is several miles south of the 'Alayah of
Wadi Samail ; it goes southwards to the district of Sharqiyah or 'Oman Proper and falls
into Wadi 'Andam from the western side at Ghiryain.
In descending order the villages of Wadi Mahram are as follows
Name.
Position.
On which
bank
situated.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
Resources.
Buri
At the head of the
valley.
Right ..
40 houses of
Bani Ruwahah.
30 donkeys, 30 cattle,
200 sheep and goata
and 500 date palms.
Falaj-al-
Maraghah.
2 miles below Burl..
Do. ..
50 houses of
Bani Ruwahah.
15 camels, 30 donkeys
50 cattle, 250
sheep and goats and
1,000 palms.
'Uyainah..
2 miles below Falaj-
al-Maraghah.
Do. ..
200 houses of
Bani Ruwahah.
40 camels, 80 don
keys, 340 cattle,
250 sheep and goats
and 300 palms. One
niile above this
place this valley
has its exit from
the hills.
Matiyah ..
Jurakh ..
• 1
3 miles below 'Uyai
nah.
6 miles below Mati
yah.
Left
Right ..
30 houses of
Bani Ruwahah.
70 houses of
Bani Ruwahah.
20 camels, 20 don
keys, 15 cattle, 100
sheep and goats and
1,000 palms.
40 camels, 60 don
keys, 60 cattle, 150
sheep and goats and
1,500 palms.