Mahra - مهرة
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Mahra; مهرة; al-Mahra; المهرة
[T]he boundaries of Mahra-land run in the west from the coast along Wādī Masīla, a continuation of Wādī Ḥaḍramawt, in the north-west along Wādī Ramāʾ as far as Ṣanāw, from there east-north-east, and reach via Anḍawr the north-eastern coast at Rās Ḥāsik, to the north of Ḥāsik, the ancient Mahra settlement.
ويحيط بها بحر فارس من عبادان وهو مصب ماء دجلة في البحر فيمتد على البحرين حتى ينتهى الى عمان ثم يعطف على سواحل مهرة وحضرموت وعدن حتى ينتهى الى سواحل اليمن الى جدة ثم يمتدعلى الجار ومدين حتى ينتهي الى أيلة
location: 17 51.5
identifier: https://bqgazetteer.bethmardutho.org/place/5361
identifier: http://syriaca.org/place/5361
identifier: http://sws.geonames.org/78985
Kitāb al-masālik wa al-mamālik Abū al-Qāsim Muḥammad Ibn Ḥawqal 17
Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition P. Bearman
http://sws.geonames.org/78985 GeoNames Marc Wick