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MAN—MAQ,
plantations is over 50,000 baskets. The inhabitants are Bakhakh and A1
Bu Ma^arrif Muhaisin, and Nassar and Thawamir Ka'b.— [ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.)
MANJAN1Q— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Khuzistan on the plain of Ram Hormuz.
MANJUR—
A sub-division of the Ban! Saleh tribe (q.v .).
MANQAL— Lat. 28° 35'N.; Long. 51° 25' E. ; Elev.
A village in the Dashti district of Ears, 5 miles south of Khurmuz town
on the east side of the Khurmuj valley. It contains 40 houses of Sadat
Mullaha and Shaikhanls ; the water-supply is obtained from wells— [Ross
■—Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.)
MANSHAR or MANSHAT ?— Lat. 31° 40' N. ; Long. 54° 14' E.; Elev.
A village in the Shir Kuh district about 25 miles south of the town of
Yazd. It lies in a hollow and is watered by two streams. It is the largest
village of Shir Kuh and has a mosque and a few shops.— [Stack.)
MANSUR AB AD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A village in Ears, in the huluk of Kam Eiruz [q. v) .t- [Durand.)
MANSUREH—
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A group of four small canals in the Eallahieh district of Southern * Arabis-
tan, on the right bank of the river Jarrahi, with which they connect. They
irrigate 150 fadddns of country cultivated by YYskireh and mixed Arabs,
who grow wheat and barley. The names of the canals are Mansureh,
Mansureh Saiyid Ja’afar, Mansureh Kinayin and Mansureh Hasan-ibn-
Madhi.— [ Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.)
MANUCHEHRABAD— Lat. Long. Elev.
A small village, east of the road between Shiraz and Isfahan, in a valley
between Qumisheh and Mehiar.— [Taylor — Hardy'S
MINISHt—
A clan of the Kalhur tribe of Kirmanshah. They number about 500
families and dwell at Kifraur.— [Plowden.) [See also Gazetteer of Kirman
shah, p. 270.)
MANZlN J AN— vide MAZlJAN.
MAQAM, BAGH —Lat. Long. Elev.
- A village on the Bushire peninsula [q.v.).
MAQStJD BEG—
Deserted by the greater part of the villagers, owing to the disturbed state
of the road.— [Moir, 1911.)
MAQSUD BEG or MAQSUD BEG!.— Lat. 31° 9' N.; Long. 52° 3' E.
A village in the Isfahan district, 15 miles south-south-east of Qumisheh,
23 miles’ from Y azd-i-Khast, on the Shiraz-Isfahan road. It has a small
mud fort, a caravanserai A roadside inn providing accommodation for caravans (groups of travellers). , and a few half-ruined hovels. Supplies in small
quantities are procurable, and water is obtained from a kdriz.—- [Jones — Ouseley.)