'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1178] (227/688)

1178 MAS—MAS
MASFCT—
A hamlet in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hatta {q.v.), in the Western Hajar district of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MAS-HA (Umm)—
A locality on the right bank of the Tigris {q.v.) a little way above Qal'at Salih.
MASHAFIRAH—
One of the Hinawi tribes of the 'Oman Sultanate {q.v.).
MASHAHIBAH—
One of the Aulad Wasil fendies of the Mutair tribe {q.v.) of central Arabia.
MASHAHIBAH—
A section of the Hirth tribe {q.v.), of the Sharqiyah district of the 'Oman Sultanate.
mashahidah—
One of the rural tribes of 'Iraq {q.v.).
MASHA'IB (U mm-al)—•
A halting place and camging ground on the Hajj route from Qasim, known as the
Darb-as-Sultdni. There is usually no water here. Umm-al-Masha'ib lies some 15
miles north-westward from Jabal-an-Nir. Ruber's route (the usual one) from Qasim
to Hejaz diverged from Doughty'sat a place called Shabiblyah and rejoined it atUram-
al-Masha'ib.
MASHAIKH—
One of the tribes of the 'Oman Sultanate {q.v.) of which the faction is indeterminate or
has not been ascertained. The Mashaikh are a small sacred class and are found in
Murbat and Taqa, in Dhufar, southern Arabia.
MASHAIKH (Falaj-al)—
A settlement, with plantations, in the Ja'alan district {q.v.) of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MASHAIKH (H isn-al)—
A fort, surrounded by some houses, near the town of Balad Bani Bu Hassan, in the
Ja'alan district of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MASHAIKH (J abal)—
Some hills reported to lie in the western end of the district of Ja'alan {q.v.), in the
'Oman Sultanate.
MASHAIKH - AL- BALAD—
A petty client tribe reckoned to the Bani Bu Hasan {q.v.), of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MASHAIKH-AL-JABAL—
A petty client tribe, like the above but larger, reckoned to the Bani Bu Hasan {q.v.)
of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MASHAIRIB—
A halting place, presumably with water, on the desert route between Khor Mughairah
and Llwah, in Dhafrah {q.v.) Trucial 'Oman,
MASHAIRIF—
A group of wells in the Abu Dhabi Principality {q.v.), in Trucial 'Oman.
MASHAIT—
A hzmht in Yemen on the right bank of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Zabid at the place where that valley
is corssed by the route between Bait-al-Faqih and 'Udain and joined by Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sedekh.
It is a small settlement with a good watter supply.