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MALIZA— _ .
sma ii hill in North-eastern Arabia near the eastern edge of the Batm depression at
a point some 14 miles north of Qulban. Maliza is a landmark well known to the caravaners
journeying between Basrah and Qasim.
MALLAH—
The site of a deserted village on the island of Siniyah, on the coast of Trucial Oman A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ,
which is formed by Khor-al-Baidhah {q. v.).
MALLAHAH—
A village in the Qatif oasis {q. v.), in Eastern Arabia.
MALLUH—
The name of a riverside tract on the right bank of the Tigris about 30 miles by river
above Baghdad. The Malluh tract is bounded on the north by that of Suwaidiyah
and on the south by that of Babi. The upper end of the reach is about opposite to
Jadidah and the lower, a few hundred yards above Yahudiyah. In the Malluh tract are
some huts and cultivation.
MALQA—
A hamlet in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hanifah {q. v.), in the 'Aridh district of Najd.
MALSUNIYAH— p o
A level desert tract, in Eastern Arabia, which lies between that of Summan and the
Dahanah where those tracts are traversed by the route from Al-Hasa to Riyadh.
MALtJSI (Bin)— J O , , ,
A watering place and camping ground on the route between Damascus and Baghdad ;
it consists of several wells of good water, situated m a rather hilly district, and 13
a favourite haunt of Solaib. Bir Malusi lies some 220 miles eastward from Damascus.
—{Leachman, November 1912.)
MALUSI (S ha'ib)—•
A watercourse, in the Syrian desert, having its origin some 20 or 25 miles to the south
west of Bir Malusi (<7. v.). It trends roughly north-east for the first oO miles of it
west ot xnr n V Coined bv many other Sha'ibs, and then turns eastward, even-
tualTy'joinhig Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hauran under the name of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Ratqah.—(Leocfomm, November
1912.)
MALWA (A l) or A l -M alua— ^ „ , ., . q ,
A caracol in Yemen 5 or 6 miles to the north-east of Bajil, on the Hodaidah-Sana a
road. It lies just off the road to the northward, and possesses a rest-house and a good
well. The caracol is now deserted.
MA'MAD—
One of the quarters of the town of Manah {q. v.) in 'Oman Proper.
MAMDUHIYAH—
A Nahiyah of the 1st class in the Hillah [q. v.) Qadha, in 'Iraq.
MAMLAH— . i —j , *
A locality on the left bank of the Tigris (?. v.) just above Bghailah.
MAMLAHAH (D6 hat-al)—
A bay in the Barr -al-'Oqair [q. v.) tract of the Hasa district. Eastern Arabia.
MA'MUR (F alaj-al)— nn j -o •
One of the hamlets comprising the group of settlements caUed Aflaj Bam Qitab, m
Dhahirah, Sultanate of 'Oman.