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MAHDI (I mam)-
A reach of the Tigris {q.v.), and also a locality on the loft bank of that river a little
below Bghailah.
MAHDI (I mam)-
A largo canal which takes out of the Tigris 18 miles west-north-west of Kut -aU
Amarah and runs into the Suwaikiyah marsh.
MAHDIYEH—
A section of the 'Anafijeh tribe {q.v-), of 'Arabistan.
MAHFA—
A place in Yemen, about 21 miles eastwards of Lahiyah.— {Hunter's map of Arabia.)
It is possible that this place is identical with Al-Hafa which is shown on Maunsell's
Map as being about 11 miles (crowfly) above the point where Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. La'a joins Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Mur. If this is the case, Mahfa must be about double the distance from Lahiyah that
Hunter gives.
MAHFARI—
A creek in the Fao (q.v.) district.
MAHFUDH—
A plateau and a small fortified hamlet south of Yashbum, in Hadhramaut. It is
situated north of the plateau of Munqa'ah and south of Jidhabah, its centre being
about 16 miles by road south of Yashbiim.— [Bury, 1899.)
MAHFUDH (Al)—
A section of the 'Ajman tribe {q.v.), of eastern Arabia. A sub-section of this section
are also called Al Mahfudh.
MAHI (W adi-al)—
A small valley in the island of Maslrah {q.v.), off the south-eastern coast of 'Oman.
MAHL—
See Dawasir tribe of southern Najd: Farjan sub-division of the Al-Hasan.
MAHLAF (A bul)—
An island in the Red Sea, about half way between Qunfidah and Jaizan ; it is on the
coast reef, 2| miles south-eastward of Hasa Island, and separated from the shore
by a narrow channel. It is small and wedgeshaped in appearance. The reef extends
westwards 2 miles from Abul Mahlaf, whence it bends south-eastward leaving an inlet
westward of Dahban receding 1J miles in a north-north-westerly direction in which it is
not advisable to anchor with southerly winds. This is known as the Dahban inlet.
On the south side, north of this reef, there is good anchorage in about 7 fathoms from
a southerly wind.— {R. S. and G. of A. Pilot.)
MAHMAL—
A tract in the 'Aridh district (q.v.) of central Arabia.
MAHMUD (Shaikh)—
A plain 2 or 3 miles to the west of Mecca ; it is surrounded by hills and in the middle
of it is a tomb.— {Burckhardt, 1814.)
MAHMUDIYAH—
In the Kadhimain Qadha in 'Iraq, the first stage on the Baghdad-Karbala road,
situated at 20 miles from Baghdad City. MahmudTyah is composed chiefly of khans,
coffee-shops, and stables and is built on the south bank of the Mahmudiyah canal,
which is the property of the Dairat-as-Sanlyah, and is surrounded by cultivation ; some
of the Dilaim tribe camp in the neighbourhood in the cold weather.