"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٢‎٠‎٢] (٦٨٨/٢٥١)

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MAT—MAT
MAT AIR AK—■
A village in the Masqat district {q. v.) of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MATAIYIN (W adi).—
A valley in 'Oman Proper which is crossed by the route from Mahot and Adam to
Manah at a point a little to the north of the village of Izx, the latter being 5 miles south of
Manah.
MA'TALAH—
A village in Widyan Dawasir {q. v.), in south-western Xajd,
MATALLI (A l)-—
See Al-Mutalli.
MAT ALAIY A'—
Some wells in Taff (q. v.), in the Hasa district of eastern Arabia.
MATALLI (Al)—■
A station on the Hejaz railway (q. v.), 900 kilometers from Damascus.
MATAN1 (H al B u)—
A section of the Bani Bu Hasan tribe (q. v.) of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MATAR (B ani)—
A tribe in Yemen the centre of their district lies some 20 miles south-south-west
from Sana'a, and between the routes leading to that town from Hodaidah and the Aden
Protectorate respectively. Their country drains to the Wadi Siham.
MATAR (Mahattat-al)— • ■ • i
The name of a halting place, in Hejaz, on the route from Al-Wajj to Al-Madinah and
situated 106 kilometers from the former.— {Egyptian W. O. map of Pilgrims' Routes.)
MA'TARADH—
A ward, or quarter, in the Sifalah portion of the town of Ibra (q. v.), in the Sharqfyah
district of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MATARlD—-
A section of the Sabai' tribe {q. v.) of Najd.
MATARIFAH—-
See 'Anaizah tribe ; Hilban sub-division of the 'Amarat. Burckhardt states that
some of the coffee-shops on the road between Jiddah and Mecca are kept by Matarifah
Arabs and by some of the Lahyan section of the Hadhail tribe. {18IS).
MATARlSH—-
Singular Matrushi; one of the tribes of Trucial 'Oman {q. v.).
MATARlSH—
Singular Matrushi; one of the Ghafiri tribes of the 'Oman Sultanate {q. v.].
MATATHU {Island)—
See Farasan (Islands and Bank); bank, western side.
MATRAH*—
The largest town in the Sultanate of 'Oman, and the most important commercially.
Matrah is situated on the south-west side of Matrah Bay and is about 2 miles west of
Masqat Town. Like Ma sqat it is enclosed on the landward sides by rugged volcanic
»Ihe map and chart for Matrah are the same a 3 for JIaaqat Town, q. v.