"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎١‎٦‎٦] (٦٨٨/٢١٥)

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MAN—MAN
MANQAL—
A pass at tho head of WMi Sarain, a hranch of Wadi Mijlas [q. v.), in Trucial 'Oman
MANQAL 'ASIN—
A hamlet in Wadi Samail {q. v.), in the Sultanate of 'Oman.
MANQUS—
A creek in the Fao {q. v.) district.
MANSAH (W adi)—
AA7^ V Q lley - i ? th v. S u lt ! tiat r 0f ' 0m5 " constifcutin g an important right bank tributary of
Wadi Samail. which it enters immediately below Qurta' : its source is at .Wd Wasit
where there is a village, Wasit, in a bleak situation with a scanty water-supply • S
village consists of 35 houses of the Rahbiyln and is the seat of the principal Rahbi Sha kh
In the same vicinity are two other Rahbiyln villages, Manaithirah and Rahbah of 35
and 20 houses respectively : the former I s said to have 40 camels, 200 donkeys and 2 000
sheep and goats, the latter to have 60 camels, 200 donkeys and 6,000 sheep and gcT
. but these figures appear exaggerated. A frequented route leads up Wadi Mansah and
over Najd Was.t .nto Wadi Tayin. Tho upp er part of Wadi Ma P Jah foms a b^d
highway, the acclivity being slight and the bed smooth and sandy ; the lower course of
st rtW "l ' rln f d . w ! th da ^ « ro ™- .from th" had of the Wadi is the villa™ of
Sharabat, 12 miles below which it receives, on its left hank, a tributary called Wadi Rak
sheTp and^goats ^ 0f Rahbi y m who P ossess 10 camels, 30 donkeys andj 500
Up Wadi Rak lie the following villages :—
Name.
Position.
On
which
bank.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
Mizra' Halilah
1 mile above junction
with Wadi Mansah.
Right
10 houses of
Rahbiyln.
Mizra' Sidr ..
J of a mile above Mizra
'Halilah.
Left
30 do.
Jardaman
I of a mile above Mizra
Sidr.
Do.
15 do.
Mizra'-al-Ghaf
1 mile above Jardaman
and 1 mile from the
Wadi.
Right
1
40 do.
Remarks.
There are; 5 camels, 10
donkeys and 300 sheep
and goats.
Animals are: 5 camels,
25 donkeys and 500
sheep and goats.
Livestock are : 5 camels,
10 donkeys and 100
sheep and goats.
There are ; 10 camels, 25
donkeys and 600 sheep
and goats.
Name.
Position.
On
which
bank.
Houses
and
inhabitants.
Musibt ,.
1 mile below the mouth
of Wadi Rak.
Right
50 houses of
Rahbiyln.
Remarks.
There are 10 camels, 30
donkeys, 15 cattle and
1,500 sheep and goats.