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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1132] (181/688)

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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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MAHAJJAH—
A small tract of desert south of Taima, in north-western Arabia ; it is traversed by
the route from Tayma to Al-'Ali, which enters Mahajjah four or five miles from the
former. This tract is bounded on the north by a stretch of small hills containing the
ancient burial grounds of Tayma, and on the south by a desert of sandstone mounds.
Its breadth from north to south is thus about 4 miles.— {Huber, March, 1884).
MAHALfL—
A hamlet in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bani Kharus {q. v.), in the Western Hajar district of the Sultanate
of 'Oman.
mahalithah—
One of the Aulad Wasil fcndies of the Mutair tribe {q. v.), of central Arabia.
MAHALLAF—
A fendy of the southern Shammar tribe {q. v.), of the Aslam division.
MAHALLAH—
A hamlet in 'Aslr and a halting place on the route from Qunfidah to Khamis-al-
r Mashriq from the lat er of which it is distant abDut 50 miles.
MAHALYAH—
A village in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. 'Andam (q. v.), in the 'Oman Sultanate.
MAHAMA {Island)—
See Farasan (Islands and Bank); bank, western side.
MAHAMALl YAH—
An islet in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , off the coast of Trucial 'Oman ; it is situated in Latitude
24 7 N., and Longitude 51° 55 ' E. and about 6 miles west-south-westward from the
southern islet of the Yasat group. Mahamaliyah is of light colour, from 15 to 50 feet
high, flat-topped with a notch in it, and with cliffs all round.
MAHAMID—
A section of the Hamidah division of the Bani Harb {q. v.).—{Burlon).
MAHAMlYAH—
A small plain in northern Arabia; it is that portion of the Hajarah which lies about
the Darb Zubaidah between the two escarpments of Jal-al-Batn and .lal-al-Waqsah.
a amiyah appears to be open and flat, but slightly inclined downwards towards the
i • ^ r covcre< ^ with small flints and after the winter rains is carpeted with grass.
This plain forms part of the neutral ground between the Shammar and the 'Anazah.—
{Leachman, 1910; the. Blunts, 1879.)
MAHAMMIL—
A depression in Aflaj {q. v.), southern central Arabia.
MAHANiWlYAH—
A tract in the Salahlyah Nahiyah of the Shamiyah Qadha (q. v.), in 'Iraq.
MAHANDAH—
A semi -I jastoral tribe of Qatar; by some said to have come
ina nro fw' ? Se accept this statement regard them as Huwalah. The follow-
ing are their sectionn fV» i v _i ^
Section.
Houses.
Location.
Hasan (Al) ..
200
Khor Shaqlq.
Ibrahim (Al)..
100
Dhakhlrah.
Misandah
200
Khor Shaqiq.
r
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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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