Maaber, 219 Mahri tribe, 139, 236, 252-3, 277-8; in Sokotra, 343, 346, 362; language, 363-4, 366, 389, 393, 434 Makalla, 74 &c., 142, 224 Makalla, Manassar, Sultan of, 75 &c., 145, 224 Manamah, 3 &c. Mandob, 161 Mansura, 241 Manteion Artemidos, 241 Marco Polo quoted, 50, 344, 355, 362 Maria Theresa dollars, 208, 239, 414 Marriage ceremonies, 101 Mashonaland, 317, 337, 373 Maskat (_See also_ Oman), 45 &c. description of, 46, 63; harbour of, 47; bazaars, 64; Portuguese at, 50 &c.; British in, 54, 55, 58; Sultans of, 54, 227, 358 Maskat, Feysul, Sultan of, 56, 61; visit to, 57, 229 Maskat, Tourki, Sultan of, 55 Massawa, 313 Maundeville, Sir John, 8 Medical experiences, 85, 110, 117, 136, 258, 282, 303, 348, 415-6 Merbat, 230 &c., 268-9 Merbat, Suleiman, Wali of, 231 &c., 268, 277 Mersa Halaib, 288 Meshed, 101-2, 105, 141 Miles, Colonel, 234 Minhali tribe, 139, 151, 155, 172, 277 Minqui, 266 Mirage, 401 Mis'hal, plain of, 421, 423 &c. Mohammed Gol, 296, 301, 309 Moharek, 2; visit to, 13 Money of Oman, 61, 284 Morghani, sect of the, 298 Moscha, 253, 269, 270 Myos Homos, 290. _See_ Kosseir Myrrh in the Hadhramout, 77, 91; in Dhofar, 254 Naab, 412 Nahadi tribe, 105, 155 Naida, 184-5 Nearchus, Periplus of, 6, 21, 49, 259, 269, 344, 392 Nejd, 39, 142, 236, 264, 361 Nezweh, 47, 49 Oman, 8; History of, 49 &c.; Imams of, _ib._; kingdom of, 235, 278; coins of, 284. _See also_ Maskat Omr, tomb of, 171 Parsees in the Hadhramout, 75, 77 Pearl fisheries, 6 &c., 54, 292 Periplus. _See_ Nearchus Persians at Bahrein, 11, 17; in Dhofar, 242 Persian Gulf, British influence in, 13, 45 &c., 54, 59 &c. _See_ Slavery, Maskat, Bahrein, Portuguese, Phoenicians Phoenicians in Bahrein, 21 &c.; origin of the, 22 Piracy, suppression of, 55-6; in Sokotra, 344 Pliny, quoted, 21, 88, 92, 152, 293 Polygamy, 114 Portuguese, pearl fisheries, 6; at Bahrein, 10 &c.; at Maskat, 50 &c.; in Dhofar, 254; in Sokotra, 357, 363, 391-2 Portuguese buildings, 11, 17, 18, 49, 63 Ptolemaic period, 291-6 Ptolemy quoted, 88, 92, 241, 266, 272 Punt, land of, 234, 270, 344 Raida, 216-7 Rakhiout, 278 Ramazan, 218, 221, 224, 292 Ras Bagashwa, 220 Ras Bernas, 292, 295 Ras Dis, 220, 281 Ras Fartak, 281 Ras Hamar, 279 Ras Momi, 356, 368, 372, 375-6 Ras Risout, 245, 269 Red Sea, coast of, 290 &c., 340; slave trade in, 294 Riadh, 304 Risout, 233, 279 Rizat, 275 Robat, 240-1 Roe, Sir Thomas, 355 Rostok, 47 Rufa'a, 21; visit to, 33