'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1216] (265/688)

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MED—MIA
{([.v.), in the bay between Abu
MEDI—
Ste Midi.
MERJTON BAY—
A remarkable indentation in the island of Yas
Dhabi and Qatar, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
MGHAIRAH—
A group of wells in north-western Arabia, situated about 130 miles north-west by
north from Tayma oasis and 75 miles north-east from Tabuk, on the Hejaz railway.
These wells contain good water, but of a very red colour ; it is not far below the surface
and there are many wells pits. When Carruthers visited these wells in the spring of 1909,
some two or three thousand camels of the Shararat tribe were driven in to be watered
which points to an abundant supply of water . Doughty mentions Mghairah as being
a stage on the old Haj j camel-post route between Damascus and Madain Salih before the
Hejaz railway was opened.
MGHAIRAH—
Some fresh water wells about 50 miles from the town of Kuwait on the route to
Qasr-as-Sabiyah, and only about 9 miles short of the latter place.
MGHATTI— '
A conspicuous cone-shaped peak in the Zor district {q.v.) of the Kuwait Principality
and situated about 2 miles north of the Mghairah wells.
MHAIRIJAH—
A small village on the Shatt-al-Gharaf {q.v.) in 'Iraq. This village gave its name to a
Nahiyah of the Hai Qadha {q.v.), and was formerly the seat of a Mudir.
MI'AIDIN—
A village in the valley of the same name {q .v.) in the 'Oman Sultanate.
MI'AIDIN (WA. di)—
The principal valley in the southern slopes of Jabal Akhdhar in the Sultanate of 'Oman )
it drains to 'Oman Proper. At its head is the village of Sharaijah : 3,000 feet lower is the
village of Musairah, chiefly remarkable for the possession of a date-grove at an unusual
elevation ; it consists of 200 houses of the Habus tribe. Below Musairah is Mi'aidin,
a pretty village under a cliff, well-watered and possessed of date, lime and other trees ;
it is composed of 30 houses of Habus. A small hamlet called Misfah is 3 miles below
Mi aidin near it the banks of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. begin to recede and decrease in height and
vegetation grows more abundant as the exist from the hills is approached ; Misfah con-
tains 40 houses of Habus. The crops in the villages are wheat, sugarcane and lucerne;
and graps, figs, quinces, limes and pomegranates are grown. The only animals are a
score of cattle. In the plain of 'Oman Proper Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mi'aidin passes Birkat-al-M6z, and
further on it probably joins Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Halfain. The descent into the upper part of the val
ley fiom Sharaijah is accomplished by means of an artifical causeway or staircase
which is practicable for horses. The valley contains 3 small but perennial streams.
The banks of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. exhibit a dark-bluish veined limestone and a very brittle ferru
ginous shale. . . f ■
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MI'AIDNIYAT— i
PrMcltS ^ tW0 0r inc0nsiderable hills in the 'Adan tract {q.v.) of the Kuwait
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MI'AIJIL (D hula'al)—^ 1 ' '
tt .^ r i £ \ r ! ge 0 f 1 low hdisinthe Kuwait Principality running east and west between the
tot m U , r o 1Ct and the SMah wellls ^ Summan. The range is
reported to have a lengh of some 30 miles, and the district of Dibdibah, Summan and