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MASHALAHAH—
A tribe of southern Yemen, occupying the country round Mokha.—(WawAo^e, 1916.)
MASHARAQ—
A hill in north-western Arabia, forming a land-mark on the route between 'Aqabah and
M'an, and situated 42 miles from the former.
MASHARIFAH—
One of the Hinawi tribes of the 'Oman Sultanate—[q-v.)
MASHARIFAH ('A in-al)—
See Jabal Khamls, the termination eastward of the Eastern Ha jar hills, in the Sulta
nate of 'Oman.
MASHARRAF—
A fendy of the Southern Shammar tribe {q.v.) of the Aslam division.
MASHASH 'ARFAJlYAH—
Some wells in Wadi Sirhan {q.v.) in north-western Arabia.
MASHHAD—
The site of extensive ruins in Hadhramaut. Mashad is situated in Wadi Qasr {q.v.)'
7 miles north of Hajarain.— [Bent.)
MASHHCD (A l B u S haikh)—
One of the tribes in the Kufah Nahiyah of the Najaf Qadha {q.v.).
MASHl'—
A section of the settled Qahtan {q.v.) of 'Aridh to which those in Zilfi are said to belong.
MASHI (B ir-al)—
A halting place, with a fresh water well but no vegetation, on one of the routes between
Mecca and Al-Madinah. It is reported to lie some 25 miles south-westward from Al-
Mad'nah.
MASHID—
One of the rural tribes of 'Iraq {q.v.).
MASHID—
A small Arab clan in the Ruwais tract on the right bank of the Shatt-al-'Arab {q.v.)
between Muhammarah and Fao.
MASHI YAH (B ir-al)—
An anchorage on the eastern side of the Gulf of 'Aqabah, 10 miles eastward from
Wasit in Lat. 28° 51' North and Long. 34° 51'East. The anchorage is under a sandy
point,'in 5 or 6 fathoms, well protected from northerly winds ; the depth increases very
rapidly to seaward.— {R. S. & G. of A. Pilot.)
MASH J AN—
An outlier of Failakah Island {q.v.), on the north side of the entrance to Kuwait Bay.
MASHNlYAH—
A halting place on the Yemen Hajj route ; it lies about 150 miles by road south-east
ward from Mecca.— {Hunter's Map of Arabia.)
MASHUT (R as A bul)—
a cape on the east coast of Qatar {q.v.), in eastern Arabia. ^
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