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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1111] (160/688)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (341 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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MA (D ohat U mm-al)—
A bay on the west coast of Qatar {q. v.), eastern Arabia.
MA SHA'IRAH—
A creek in the Hammar Lake (g. v.), in the river Euphrates.
MA'ABlLAH—
A hamlet in the Batinah district {q. v.) of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MA'AD AN—
See Al Bu Muhammad tribe of 'Iraq.
Some wells in the 'Aridh district of central Arabia, situated about 3 miles west of
Riyadh and to the north of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Han fah.
MA'ADHID—
Singular Ma'adhadi. It is difficult to decide whether the Ma'adhid (or rather a part
of them) should be treated as a distinct tribe or should be regarded as a section of the Al
Bin-'Ali tribe of Bahrain and Qatar. In Qitarthe Ma'adhid are said to be nearly related
bv blood to the Al Bu Kuwarah, who like themselves claim descent from the Bam Tamim.
From the article on the Al Bin-'Ali it will be apparent that the Ma'adhTd comprise at
least 7 families, of which 1 has recently become extinct. Of the 6 remaining, the Al Ah,
Al Talah and Al Thani deny relationship with the Al Bin- Ah ; the Asmym and Al
Fadhal on the contrary seem to admit it; and the Al Bin-Muqbil are divided, a few who
live in Muharraq Island (but not apparently the remainder) professing themselves Al
Bin 'Ali The Ma'adhid who claim independence of the Al Bin-'Ali do not fly the so-
called Salaimi flag which is common to the rest of that tribe. The principal settlements
of the Ma'adh d in Qatar are at D5hah, 100 houses ; Wakrah, 70 houses ; and Lusail—
where their chief now lives—about 5 houses. In Bahrain they are found at Muharraq
Town and Hadd The different families of the Ma'adh d live intermingled in their various
settlements In religion most of the Ma'adhid are Mlliki Sunnis, but their Shaikh has
become a Hanbali—that is in reality a Wahhabi—and some of the tribe have gone with
him in his change of belief. By occupation the Ma'adhid are either pearl merchants,
pearl divers sailors, or breeders of camels, and cattle. Jasim of the Al Thani family
is Shaikh of'the tribe, and at the same time the most imporant and influential personage
in the whole peninsula of Qatar.
MA'ADHID—
A section of the Southern Shammar tribe {q. v.), of the Aslam division.
MA'AF
^ Some date gardens on the left bank of the Shatt-al-'Arab {q. v.) between Qurnah and
Basrah.
MA'AIDIN
A hamlet in the Baldan-al-Habus division of Sharq'yah {q. v.), in the 'Oman Sultanate.
MA' AIM AR AH—
A village in the Nahr Shah Nahiyah of the Hillah Qadha {q. v.), in 'Iraq.
MA'AIRIDH—
A settlement close to Ras-al-Khaimah {q. v.) in the 'Oman promontory, usually occu
pied for the most part by temporary visitors to that town.
A section of the Dhafir tribe {q. v.) who live in the direction of Kuwait.

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Volume II of III of the Gazetteer of Arabia. The Gazetteer is alphabetically-arranged and this volume contains entries K through to R.

The Gazetteer is an alphabetically-arranged compendium of the tribes, clans and geographical features (including towns, villages, lakes, mountains and wells) of Arabia that is contained within three seperate bound volumes. The entries range from short descriptions of one or two sentences to longer entries of several pages for places such as Iraq and Yemen.

A brief introduction states that the gazetteer was originally intended to deal with the whole of Arabia, "south of a line drawn from the head of the Gulf of 'Aqabah, through Ma'an, to Abu Kamal on the Euphrates, and to include Baghdad and Basrah Wilayats" and notes that before the gazetteer could be completed its publication was postponed and that therefore the three volumes that now form this file simply contain "as much of the MSS. [manuscript] as was ready at the time". It further notes that the contents have not been checked.

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1 volume (341 folios)
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Foliation: This volume's foliation system is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio.

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