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Maraclea (medieval), Maraqiyah (Arabic): port — Lie5, 5, 7, 14. 
Maragha; Maragheh (Persian): town — N2e3, 3, 4, 7, 8, ii. 
Marash (Armenian, Turkish), Germanicia (classical), Marcash (Arabic): city
— L2e3, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, II, 12, 13, 14. 
Macratah (Arabic): village — L2e4, 5* 
Mardin (Turkish), Mãridin (Arabic): town — M1e3, 3, 8, 9, 10,
II, 12, 13. 
Marescallia or Marescalcia (medieval): village, now abandoned, just south
of Hattin. 
Margat: fortress — see al-Marqab. 
Margiana: city — see Merv. 
Ma~i: pass south of Marash — see Amanus Gates. 
Mãridin: town — see Mardin. 
al-Mariyah: city, port — see Almeria. 
Marj Aksãs (Arabic): plain opposite Bãlis — L4e4, 5.
Marj a~-~uffar (Arabic): plain south of Damascus — L2f2, 6. 
Marj Dabiq (Arabic): plain east of ~Azaz — L3e4, 5. 
Marj cUyun (Arabic: meadow of springs): plain between the Leontes and the
upper Jordan — Lifz, 6. 
Marmara, Sea of; Propontis (classical), Marmara Denizi (Turkish) —
J4d5, 2. al-Marqab (Arabic: the watch-tower), Margat (medieval): fortress
— L1e5, 5, 
9, 10, 12, 13, 14. 
Marrakesh; Marrãkush (Arabic): city — C2f4, i. 
Marseilles; Marseille (French): city, port — Fidz, i. 
Marturana (medieval), Martirano (Italian): town in Calabria 8o miles NE of
Messina. 
Martyropolis: town — see Maiyafariqin. 
Mary: city — see Merv. 
Marzban or Parzman (West Armenian), Marzuban (Arabic), Merzban (Turkish):
fortress — L3e3, 5. 
Mashhala (Arabic): village — L2e4, 5. 
Ma~yaf or Ma~yath or Ma~yad or Mi~yaf (Arabic): fortress — L2e5, 5,
10, II, 12, 13, 14. 
al-Ma~ariyah (Arabic): village 8 miles NE of Cairo. 
Matera (Italian): town — Hzd5, 2. 
Maurienne (French): district of southern Savoy. 
al-Mau~il: city — see Mosul. 
Mayence: city — see Mainz. 
Mazara (Italian): port — G3e3, 2. 
Mecca; Makkah (Arabic): city — L5h4, 3, 7, 8, ii. 
Medina; al-Madinah (Arabic: the city): city — L5h1, 3, 7, 8, ii. 
Mediterranean Sea — I, 2, 3. 
Melas (classical): river east of Roussa. 
Melfi (Italian): town — Hid4, 2. 
Melitene (classical), Malatiyah (Arabic), Melden (West Armenian), Malatya
(Turkish): city—L4e2, 7, 9, 10, II, 12, 13. 
Melk (German): town — Hicz, 2. 
Melun (French): town 26 miles SE of Paris. 
Menjnx: island — see Jerba. 
Meram (Turkish): valley west of Iconium. 
Meran: medieval name for Croatia. 
Mersivan (medieval), Merzifon (Turkish): town — Lid5, 3, 8. 
Merv or Mary (Persian), Margiana (classical): city, now abandoned for nearby
Mary—Q2e3, 4. 
Merzban: fortress — see Marzban.