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1226 mis-mis
MISHEAR—
One of the farlqs or quarters of the town of Manamah {q v.), the chief town of Bah-
rain, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. .
MISHLAH— •
A minor valley which descends from Jabal 'Aja (gr. v.) on its east side.
MISHQAR—
A group of five peaks in Jabal Tuwaiq {q. v.) to the south-west of Majma', in tbe
Sadair district of Najd.
MISHRAFAH—
A small tract near Lailah (q. v.), in the Aflaj district of Najd.
MISHRAQ—
A suburb of the town of Basrah {q. v.).
MISHRAQ—
The name of one of the qasrs in the scattered settlement of Hariq {q. r.), in southern "
Najd.
MISHRIF—
Some wells in the Qra'ah tract {q. v.) of the Kuwait Principality^
MISHRIF—
A fort in Badl' (5. v.), the southern most village in the Aflaj district of Najd.
MISHRIF—
A village in Widyan Dawasir {q. v.), in south-western Najd.
MISHRIF—
A village close to Saih [q. v.), in the Aflaj district of Najd.
MISH7 (Jabal)—
A jagged, square, perpendicular cliff, in the Dhahirah district of the 'Oman Sultanate
which overlooks the village of Hail Bani Hina in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al 'Ain (q. v.).
MISINNAH—
A hamlet in the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Hoqain section of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Bani Ghafir {?. t>.). in the Western
Hajar district of the 'Oman Sultanate.
MISKAH—
A hamlet in the south-western district of Najd {q. v.), central Arabia.
MISKIN—
A village of the Bani Kalban tribe situated in the district of Dhahirah in the 'Oman
Sultanate near the bead of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Kabir and about 2,750 feet above sea-level. It
^ 2 i ^ f 08 ' O \ hlch .! ()0 beIon g to the Jarawinah, 80 to the 'Amairah
rr!^ 1 ? S a IT tr i be - Wheat ' j 0wari ' and lucerae ^e grown ; the
KnSn h 8 v? n T-' 1' fig , and vine flourish ; the fields are fenced with thorny
^ T ater brought in from springs. Animals
mated at 4 00 (1 at * 0 l - ^ cat tle and ],odo sheep and goats ; date-palms are esti-
fromlt two'^ fn I ?? S if- D . S ? n the usual route between Dhank and Rustaq, and
two routes lead to Batinah, one over the Najd of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Hawasinah, and