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MANSUR (Al Bu)—
A section of the Al Bu Sultan tribe {q. v.) of the Hillah and Najaf Qadhas, in 'Iraq.
MAXSUR (B ani)—
One of the rural tribes of 'Iraq [q. v.).
called Bani Mansur.
One of the Nahiyahs of the Qumah Qadha is
MANSUR AH—
A hamlet in Wadi Maifa'a {q. v.) in Hadhramaut, Southern Arabia.
MANSURI—
The singular form of Manasir (q. v.).
MANSURIYAH—
A large village in Yemen, situated about 27 miles south-eastward from Hodaidah and
12 or 13 miles northward from Bait-al-FaqTh. It contains several shops and has a good
I water-supply from wells. The projected railway from Hodaidah to Ta'iz, via, Bait-al-
Faqih, Zabid, and Hais, is to pass through Mansimyah.— {Beneyton, 1909—12.)
MANTARIS—
A place on the Tigris {q. v.) known to Europeans as the Devil's Elbow. Mantaris'
which is also a tract on the right bank of the Tigris, is situated between Qal'at Salih and
Ezra's Tomb.
MANUMAH (Wadi)—
An inhabited valley in eastern Batinah {q. v.), in the Sultanate of 'Oman.
MANWAB (W adi)—
A minor valley which meets the main Hadhramaut valley 6 or 7 miles below Haurah
and 18 or 17 west of Shibam.— {Bent).
MANYOKH—
A pearl bank in the Persian Gulf 5 miles northward of Dalmah {q. v.), an island off
the coast of Abu Dhabi territory in Trucial 'Oman.
MANYUHI (or Manjuhi)—
A village on the west shore of 'Abbadan Island {q. v.), between the confluence of
the Karun and Shatt-al-'Arab, and the sea.
MANZAFAH—
A ward, or quarter, in the Sifalah part of the town of Ibra {q. v.), in the Sharqiyah
district of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MANZIL-AL-HA J J—
An easy shelving plain of sand, on the Syrian Hajj route between Dar-al-Hamra and
Madain Salih, and descending from the passage known as Shulc-al-Ajuz towards the
latter village.— (Doughty.)
MAQABA—
A hamlet in Bahrain Island {q. v.). It is also the name of a fine spring near the hamlet.
MAQABIL—
Singular Maqabli. A Ghafiri tribe of the 'Oman Sultanate, located for the most part
in Western Hajar. They are found at Khan (40 houses). Hail 'Adha (20 houses) and
Hansi (20 houses) in Wadi-al-Jizi and its tributaries ; at Muta'arishah (60 houses) Hail
(40 houses), Lithaibat (25 houses) and 'Aqair (20 housse) in Wadi-al-Hilti; and at Murri
(60 houses), Mahbab (60 houses), Nizuk (20 houses), Madinah (25 houses) and Salam
(30 houses) in Wadi Bani Ghafir. Outlying settlements of the Maqabil occur at Bat
(180 houses) in Wadi Sharsah in Dhahirah, and at 'Awainat (50 houses), Himbar (90