or Mukdeeshia, an Arabian town on Magadoxo, the E. coast of Africa, N. Lat. 2. 2°, E. Long. 45. 25. It is the capital of a state of the same name, and is a place of very considerable trade, exporting ivory, gum, and a peculiar kind of cloth; and importing sugar, dates, salt fish, arms, and slaves. The town is walled, and is divided into two parts, one of which is composed entirely of tombs, while the other contains about 150 stone and a number of wooden houses, and an Arabian mosque. Pop. probably about 4000. The state extends along the coast for about 240 miles, and is estimated to have a population of about 150,000. Its sovereign is a tributary to the Iman of Muscat in Arabia.