"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎١‎٤‎٣] (٦٨٨/١٩٢)

MAIH
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Name.
Position.
On
which
bank.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
Remarks.
Khafaiji ..
4 miles below Man-
dharlyah.
Right ..
20 mud and date
branch houses
of Hadiyin.
Dates and tobacco
are grown. There
are 8 camels, 25
donkeys, 10 cattle
and 200 sheep and
goats.
Tawllah ..
Immediately below
Khafaiji.
Left
30 houses of
Bani Wahaib.
Animals are: 12
camels, 25 donkeys,
30 cattle, and 250
sheep and goats.
Mirza' -al-
'Akmi.
3 miles below Tawilah
Do. ..
200 houses of
Bani Battash
of the Ma'as-
hirah section,
of Qawasim,
Bani Hasan and
Baluchis,
This village has
Orchards which
stand on terraces
rivetted to protect
them from the
stream. There are
about 20,000 date
palms, and melons,
figs, limes, man
goes, sweet potatoes,
tobacco, lucerne and
a little wheat are
grown. Livestock
are 30 camels, 45
donkeys, 50 cattle
and 1,000 sheep and
goats.
Mizra'-al-
Hadri.
1 mile below Mirza'-
al-'Alowi.
Right ..
60 houses of
Bani Battash
of the Ma'ashi-
rah section.
Animals are 35
camels, 20 donkeys,
30 cattle and 200
sheep and goats.
Rija'
l | miles below Mizra'-
al-Hadri.
Left
70 houses of
Bani Battash
of theMa'ashi-
rah section.
Livestock are: 20
camels, 40 donkeys,
40 cattle, and 300
sheep and goats.
Yiti
6 miles below Rija'
and 1 mile from the
sea.
Right ..
See article Masqat
District.
The villages of Fifah, Haim and Samkat lie in the basin of Wadi Maih near the watert-
shed between it and Wadi Sarain. They are about 6 miles from the left bank of Wadi
Maih and their drainage enters it between Mahaidith and Khafaiji. Fifah is the mos-
westem and Samkat the most eastern of the three. These settlements are stated to be at
present unoccupied.
The settled population of Wadi Maih, exclusive of the village of Yiti which is on the
coast, appears to be about 3,000 souls.
Wadi Maih has only one important affluent, Wadi Jannah or Hatat, which joins it on
its left bank from the south-west immediately below Tawllah. This valley contains the