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MUN A (Village and Wadi)—
Wadi Muna (or Mina) is near Mecca on the road to 'Arafat; it runs roughly east and
west and is about 1,500 paces in length. Its breadth varies, but generally speaking it is
narrow and is contained between steep and barren cliffs of granite. The hills to the
north are called JabalThabair. In the middle of the valley along both sides of the way
is the village or town of Muna, many of its buildings being in ruins. The village of
Muna is about 5 miles north-north-east of Mecca and its importance lies in the fact
that all pilgrims must pass the night here on their way out to Mount 'Arafat. At tho
eastern extremity of the valley stands a house belonging to the Sharif of Mecca. To
every division of the Hajjis its place of encampment is appointed in Wadi Muna and at
'Arafat.
Wadi Mohsab is one of the side valleys of Wadi Muna, between Mecca and Muna village
MUNAHIRAH—
See 'Auaizah tribo ; Dahamishah sub-division of the 'Amarat.
MUNAQI—
A ruinod village near Wushail, in Wadi Fara' {q. v.), in the 'Oman Sultanate.
MUNDASSAH—
One of the dependent hamlets of Zilfi {q. v.) in Najd.
MUNIFAH—
A Bedouin camping ground, with water, in Biyadh (III) {q. v.) in Haai, eastern Arabia.
MUNIRAH—
A village in the tih'nnah of Yemen, situated about 28 miles (crowfly) northward from
Hodaidah. Munirah is on tho route between Lahiyah and Hodaidah and is described
by Niebuhr as being a large village.
MQNIS (H al)—
A section of the Al Wahibah tribe {q. v.) of the Sharqlyah and Ja'alan districts of the
'Oman Sultanate.
MUNJARID (A l)—
A village in SharqTyah {q. v.), in the 'Oman Sultanate.
MUNKHASHSHAH—
A camping ground close to Wadi Sabai' {q, v.), the outh-westernmost district of
southern Najd.
MUNNAKH—
A creek in the Fao {q. v.) district.
MUNQA'AH—
A plateau south of Yashbum, in Hadhramaut; its centre appears to be some 6 or 7
miles eastward of Haid Marjam. Munqa'ah is a broad plateau at an elevation of
2,000 feet and is dotted with stunted myrtle trees.
MUNSAF (A l)—
One of the dependent hamlets of Zilfi {q. v.) in Najd.
MUNTAF-
A hamlet in the Ruus-al-Jibal district {q. v.) of tho 'Oman Sultanate.
MUNTAFIK—
The term Muntafik does not really denote a tribe; but a confederacy of tribes, the
most powerful in 'Iraq. Thus, if a Muntafik were asked within his own dlrah to what
tribo he bolongod ho would say 'Azairij, Khafajah, etc., as the case might bo ; if he
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