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'Gazetteer of Arabia Vol. II' [1247] (296/688)
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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MUD-MUG
1247
MUDHNIB (T own)—
A town in Qasim, Central Arabia, situated about 35 miles south-south-east from
Buraidah. It is the chief settlement of the Mudhnib district, and lies at the foot of a pro
jecting nose of a jdl, or escarpmentj 250 feet high, and running 600 yards east of the
town. It is surrounded by a broken-down wall, and contains about 2,000 inhabitants
who are inclined to be surly. The water supply is from wells (jallbs), and is abund
ant thouhg slightly brackish. Two miles southward of the town is a well of sweet
water, alongside which is a fort known as Qasr Ibn Sa'ud where zaqlt is collected. There
is considerable cultivation one mile north of the town, along the foot of the jal and, in
the vicinity are many scattered plantations with qasr, those situated to the south and
west of the town, and at a distance from it of about two miles, beings known as As Saf ra.
There is no grazing but a good deal of lucerne is grown. Livestock includes camels
(mostly used for drawing water), donkeys, and cows, but in very limited numbers.
(Leachinan, 1912.)
MUDRAH (J abal)—•
A hill in the tract called Barr-adh-Dhahran {q. v.), in the Hasa district of eastern
Arabia.
MUFADHDHAL—
A walled grove, with a hamlet, in 'Aqdah (q.v.), in Jabal 'Aja, central Arabia.
MUFADHDHAL—
A section of the Southern Shammar tribe (q. v.) of the 'Abdah division.
MUFAIJIR—
A village in Harlq (q. v.), southern Najd.
MUFANAJ—
A section of the Al Wahlbah tribe (q. v.) of the SharqTyah and Ja'alan districts of the
'Oman Sultanate.
MUFARISH-AR-RUZ—
A sandy depression, surrounded by hills, used as a halting place on the Syrian Hajj
route and situated about 20 miles north-westward from Madain Salih. This namo
(meaning rice beds) has reference to the grains of white quartz which cover the ground.
MUFARRIJ —
See 'Ataibah tribe ; Nafa'a sub-division of the Barqah.
MUFARRIJ—
See Dawasir tribe of southern Najd ; Farj an sub-division of the Al Hasan.
MUFATTAH (K hor-al)—
A creek in the Ardh-al-Khor tract of the Kuwait principality (q. v.).
MUFIDH—
A swamp in the Washam district (q. v.) of southern Najd.
MUFIYAH—
A watering place in Dhahirah (q. v.), in the 'Oman Sultanate.
MUGHAB—
The name of a gap in the hills round Masqat (q. v.) town,
MUGHAILAH—
A halting place, presumably with water, on the desert route between Bandar Radaim
' and Liwah, in Dhafrah (q. v.), Trucial 'Oman.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 975:1092, 1092a:1092f, 1093:1110, 1110a:1110f, 1111:1328, 1328a:1328f, 1329:1386, 1386a:1386f, 1387:1446, 1446a:1446f, 1447:1448, 1448a:1448f, 1449:1542, 1542a:1542f, 1543:1600, iii-r:vi-v, back-i
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