Mitæi

Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R)

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Mitæi was an Arabian town mentioned by Pliny.

Variants

• Mitaei (Pliny.vi.32)

Jat Gotras Namesake

• Mitya = Mitæi (Pliny.vi.32)

Mention by Pliny

Pliny mentions Arabia.... Lying in the interior, and joining up to the Atramitæ, are the Mitæi; are the Minæ; the Elamitæ⁴¹ dwell on the sea-shore, in a city from which they take their name.

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41 Hardouin is doubtful as to this name, and thinks that it ought to be Elaitæ, or else Læanitæ, the people again mentioned below.