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mmmL.,
maj—mak
from wells. After the winter rains water is retained in the various sha'ihs by
by means of bands. The only fruit trees other than dates which have successfully
resisted the late drought are vines. Cereals, lucerne and melons are cultivated as in
other villages of the Sadair district. The wells are from 4 to 6 deep according to rain-
fall. Livestock belonging to the town are estimated at some 20 horses, 600 camels,
200 donkeys and 400 cattle, besides sheep and goats. There is a bazaar of about 50
shops dealing in coffee, piece-goods, arms and ammunition, etc.; trade relations are
chiefly with Kuwait, but the local merchants have also dealings with those of 'Anaizah
and Buraidah in Qasim. A direct route vid Wabrah leads from Majma' to Kuwait
Town.
During the recent troubles in Najd the Shaikh of Majma', 'Abdullah-bin-'Askar,
was a consistent enemy of Ibn Sa'ud and partisan of Ibn Rashid; since the latter's
downfall he has been labouring without success to bring about a peace between the
rival dynasties. Majma' is at present the seat of a non-local Wahhabi governor,
who administers the district of Sadair.
MAJMA —
A village up a small creek on the left bank of the
Basrah and the Persian frontier.
Shatt-al-'Arab (q.v.) .between
MAJMA' (W adi-al)—
The name applied to the Sha'ib-al-Qadhaimah (q.v.) in the vicinity of Majma; and
also to a watercourse which breaks through the 'Araimah ridge north-west of the
Qadhaimah wells. {Shakespear, 1913.)
MAJMULAH—
A halting place, presumably with a well, on the
Mirfah and Liwah, in Dhafrah {q.v.), Trucial 'Oman.
desert route between Bandar
MAJRUR—
A long depression running north and south, in the Hazam-ar-Eaji desert, in south
western Najd. The Hajj route from Qasim, called the Dajb-as-Svltdni, passes by
Majrur.
MAJU'AH—
A group of wells in the Adan tract {q.v.) of the Kuwait Principality.
MAJUR—
See Farasan (Islands and Bank); bank, western side.
MAJZAR—
A hamlet in south-western Arabia, situated on the route from Sana'a to Jauf and
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Najran, and between 70 and 80 miles by road from Sana'a.
MAKAFFA (W adi).—
A small valley in north-western Arabia, met with on the route from 'Aqabah to
Ma'an at a point roughly 10 miles from the latter.
MAKAINAH—
A group of wells in Najd, situated on the route between Riyadh and Mecca at
a distance of between 100 and 125 miles west by north from the former town. The
Makainah wells are 40 in number and contain sweet water at about 50 feet; they lie at
the west end of a tract known as Nafud Makainah.
MAKAL (W adi)—
A minor valley in the southern slopes of Jabal Akhdhar in the Sultanate of 'Oman,
and at the western foot of Jabal Khadhar. It is situated a little to the east of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Mi 'aidin and between it and Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Halfain, and drains roughly from the north to the
south In it lies the village of HaiL