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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [‎1242] (291/688)

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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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1242
MOZ—MUA
MOZ (B irkat -A l )—
A large village in the 'Oman Sultanate on the northern limits of the plain of 'Oman
Proper, situated at the point about 6 miles west of Izki where Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mi'aidin emerges
from Jabal Akhdhar. It consists of three Huj rahs or quarters, appropriated respectively
to the A1 'Umair, to the Bani Riyam and to tenants of A1 Bu Sa'idi landlords ; the po
pulation is about 1,400, about 1,250 belonging to the Bani Riyam and 150 to other
tribes. There are large date-groves containing about 15,000 trees, and the plantains
to which the place owes its name are numerous. Irrigation is by Falaj. Bait Rud-
aidah, a fort and residence, consisting of a rectangular enclosure with an upper
storey and towers at the corners, lies to the west of the village and is separated from Bir-
kat-al-M6z by a conical hill with a watch-tower commanding the water-supply. This
fort belonged in 1870 to a relation of the Sultan of 'Oman, one Hamad, son of
Hilal-bin-Muhammad who was murdered by Qais in 1864 ; it is at present (1906) in
bands of the Bani Riyam, who are holding it against the Sultan.
MSHORAB—
A small administrative sub-division of the Hindiyah Qadha {q.v.) situated on both
banks of the Shatt-al-Hindiyah.
MSHAORAB (C anal).
A canal taking off from the Shatt-al-Hindiyah {q. v.) in 'Iraq.
MSHORAB-AL-GHARBI ") Two agricultural tracts in the Hindlvah Qadha {q.v.) in
MSHORAB-ASH-SHARQI ) 'Iraq.
MTAR (Sha'ib Abu)—
One of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. heads of Wadyan {q.v.) northern central Arabia.— {Leachman, 1912.)
MU'ADHDHAM—
Also called 'Adhamlyah : a small town in 'Iraq on the left bank of the Tigris
opposite to Kadhimain and distant 2 miles north-westwards from the nearest part of
Baghdad City. Mu'adhdham is connected with Kadhimain by a bridge of 21 boats,
and with Baghdad by an unmetalled road—very little better than a ploughed field—on
which ply public conveyances drawn by four mules and many hackney carriages.
The population of Mu'adhdham is about 2,000, and almost all are Sunni Muham-
madans. Some good houses on the bank of the river serve as villas to wealthy merchants
of Baghdad ; but the principal object of interest is the tomb of the great Sunni theolo
gian Abu Hanlfah, which is distinguished by a fine dome of blue tile-work ; entrance is
denied to Christians. The Mutawalliship of this shrine is hereditary in a local family.
The chief industry is the tanning of skins and hides with gall-nuts from Musal: there
are about 40 tanneries, employing a large number of hands and turning out about
. 5,000 pieces a week. The brokers and merchants of Baghdad visit the yards once a week
to make their purchases ; and the leather, though technically known as rough-tanned,
is of good quality and commands a ready sale in Europe. The red and yellow shoes
called Yamanis are made at Mu'adhdham and sold wholesale at Baghdad ; and
some of the market-gardens which supply the city are at Mu'adhdham. There is
a small bazar.
Under Turkish rule Mu'adhdham was the chef-lieu of a Xahiyah in the Baghdad
Qadha and the seat of a Mudlr : it was also the headquarters of a Radlf battalion.
MU'ADHDHAM (Q al'at-al)—
A station on the Hejaz railway, 515 miles from Damascus {Maunsdl). The qaVah,
now abandoned, and the cistern, now ruinous and without water, were formerly the best
on the Syrian Hajj route. It has an elevation of 3,250 feet. The Fuqarah, and the
Khuthara section of the Bani Atiyah, roam about here. In the vicinity of Qal'at-
fil-Mu'adhdham is a rock known to the Bedouines as Khubbat-ath-Thamathil and
scored over with inscriptions.

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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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