"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎٢‎٠‎٨] (٦٨٨/٢٥٧)

1208
MAZ—MAZ
Name and quarter.
Position.
i
Number of houses.
Remarks.
Hisn
East of Jazlr
40
Has a separate fort.
There are 20
donkeys, 20 cattle
and 150 sheep and
goats.
Qaryah
South-east of Jazlr
30
Animals are: 20
camels, 12 donkeys,
15 cattle and 100
sheep and goats.
Minsift
South-east of Hisn
40
Has a fort of its own.
Livestock are 14
camels, 28 donkeys,
25 cattle and 200
sheep and goats.
Mizra'-an-Na'ab ..
South of Hisn
10
The people are
shepherds and own
about 400 sheep
and goats and 30
donkeys.
The village is surrounded on all sides by steep hills ; and an old tower and part of the
village, built on a crag, command the approach up to valley. There are extensive date
groves containing 12,000 trees or more, and there is cultivation on both sides of the
a i and in two tributaries which join it here. Much jowari is grown, and the general
appearance of the place is prosperous. The main wealth of the village is its dates;
there are no local manufactures nor any general trade. Mazara' is the seat of the
iamimah of the Bani Battash.
MAZARA—
Suftamteot"om&m 6 * WMi ^ BatlSsh in the Muq* dtatrict of the
MAZARA'—
A cultivated tract in the 'Aden district (7. v.) of the Kuwait Principality.
MAZAR'AH—-
QmLhtnd Basrih! StretCh ^ ^ gardCn8 "P 0 " the Sh »«-'l- , Arab (j. between
MAZARI—
S inA n buD b haWternl rUda ^ 0,n !;; and the Sultanate o£ 'O"' 5 "- Thl>
the Bani Yas tribe and the nn 1 r', '^' w they are regarded as a section of the
Principality : besides these sombre H 18 in the article on the Abu m&hi
the 'Oman^ultanate a re dealt with in t^^eiieml^V 1°^' the Mazari' of
of their strength is given there Tho re • 1 1° on that state ' and an estimate
inhabiting wldis nfm and ILi SUbjects of the Shaikh of Shar i ah
district of Shamailiyah "n wZi Ha^ and Wadi Sfai in thP
and Fara', their number! about Si r ^e villages of Adhan, 'Asimah.
18 ab0ut 500 SOuls ; in wadis Sfuni and Sfai it has not been