"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٢‎٥‎٨] (٦٨٨/٣٠٧)

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Between Ras Muhammad and these harbours there is no anchorage on the coast;
the mountains are close to the sea and present a grand range, from 3,000 to 5,000 feet
high, extending both north-eastward and north-westward.
MUHAMMAD 'ABD-UD-DAIM—
A creek in the Fao {q. v.) district.
MUHAMMAD-AL-HABI—
See Hamar Lake, river Euphrates.
MUHAMMAD-BIN-'ALI (H AEAT)—
One of the wards, or quarters, of Baraimi village (q. v.), in independent 'Oman.
MUHAMMAD-BIN-HAMAD (AL)—
A section of the Al Kathir tribe (q. v.) of Dhufar, southern Arabia.
MUHAMMAD-BIN-SALIM ('Ain)—
A fine spring of fresh water in Muharraq Island (q, v.), Bahrain.
MUHAMMAD GUDAYAN—
A creek in the Fao (q. v.) district.
MUHAMMAD MUHIBB 'ALI—
A creek, with a household or two on it, in the Fao {q. v.) district.
MUHAMMAD SALIH—
A creek in the Fao (q. v.) district.
MUHAMMAD SULAIMAN—
A creek in the Fao {q. v.) district.
MUHAMMADI—
A stretch of cultivated groiind in Kharj (q. v.), in southern Najd.
MUHANNA ('A IN B IN)—
A Bedouin camping ground in the interior of Qatar {q. v.), eastern Arabia.
MUHARIB—
One of the tribes forming the general body known as the Bani Khadh r ( q v ) of south
ern Najd. *
MUHARRAM (H AL)—
•OmanSanate! A ' Wah!bah trib6 ^ V ^ ) • Shar W ah and districts of the
MUHARRAQ ISLAND—♦
After Bahrain Island this is the most important island of the Bahrain group u lies
north-east of Bahrain Island and is separated from it only bv a strait H ,
of which the greater part is extremely shallow. Its ^ ^ br0ad '
north-west to south-south-east, is about 4 miles • butthVar^a nf f j !™ 0 -T' rom nort h
relatively very small,-in fact only 5} Pr0per i3
much indented form, somewhat resembling a horse shoe wi+h fu 011 " 0 -j 8 irr0 § u ^ ar anc ^
Muharraq consists of a low strip of sand, bu^WrronS K K 0 P en /^e to the south,
which almost triple its superficies at low tide • and a rockv en f" 7 ^ eCfS of ( : 0raI
which runs out nearly four miles toseawardfrom the now^ ' Ras-al-Khasaifah,
constitutes the chief danger to vessels entering Manamah harbour™ ThT 6 ^ iSland '
or Kaukabs speoifled in the first table below L oneTth^malhlXCr,
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