"دليل الجزيرة العربية المجلد II" [‎١‎١‎٧‎٣] (٦٨٨/٢٢٢)

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MAR AIGH AN—
A settlement, or at any rate
Sabai' and Najran or possibly
a camping ground, in WadiTathlith (</. v.), between Wadi
somewhat further to the east, south-westwards from
Widyan Dawasir.
MARAIKH—
A Bedouin camping ground in the interior of Qatar {q. v.), eastern Arabia.
MARAIKHAT—
One of the Aulad Wasil fendies of the Mutair tribe {q. v.) of central Arabia.
MARAlNAT—
A group of wells in Wadi Sirhan (q.v.), in north-western Arabia.
MARAIQIB—
Or Sharqi; a hamlet near the village of Baqa'a (q. v.), in Jabal Shammar, central
Arabia. Also known as Qasr -al-Muraiqib.
MARAIR—
One of the quaters of the village of Lailah (q. v.), in the Aflaj district of Najd.
MAR AIR AT—
Two or three habitations near Wadi Risail (q. v.), in the Masqat district of the 'Oman
MARAITABAH—•
A plain one mile to the north of the village of Jahrah (q.v.), in the Kuwait Principality.
MARAIZAH (Al BU)—
A section of the Al Bu Sultan tribe (q. v.), of the Hillah Qadha, in 'Iraq.
MARAMIHAH—
A section of the Al Wahibah tribe (q. v.), of the SharqTyah and Ja'alan districts of the
'Oman Sultanate.
MAR AN (Island)—
See Farasan (Islands and Bank); bank, western side.
Singular Marri. A tribe found chiefly in the coast towns of Trucial 'Oman, but also
in the interior : they have 200 houses at Sharjah in the Laiyah quarter, 40 at Abu Dhabi
and 30 at Dibai: besides these there are about 70 families of Bedouin Marar who inhabit
Liwah in Dhafrah. The Marar claim to be a section of the Al Morrah, but their preten
sions in this respect do not appear to be well founded. Most of the Marar are pearl
divers by occupation ; in politics they are Hinawiyah and in religion Maliki Sunms.
MARASHASH—
A look-out post in Turkish territory, situated at the head of the Gulf of ' Aqabah,
between the village of 'Aqabah, and the Turco-Egyptian boundary line from which it is
distant U geographical miles to the eastward. It possesses three wells of good water
There is usually a camel policeman stationed at Marashash, furnished by the Turkish
detachment at 'Aqabah.—(October, 1912.)
MARASHID—
A sub-section of the Manaslr tribe (q. v.) of Trucial 'Oman.
Sultanate.
MARAR—
MARlT (A l)—
A hamlet in the Washam district (q. v.) of southern Najd.