[1] The Mleiha road bypasses Mahdah for travel from the Emirates' coastal towns to Hatta and Masfut.

The trip to the Omani border at Hatta is a popular one for expatriates from qualifying countries performing a 'visa run' in order to renew their visit visas to the UAE.

As a number of, mainly Western, nationalities acquire a 'visa on entry', a trip to the Hatta border post and then back results in the renewal of an expiring three-month visit visa.

This trip has been rendered a great deal less popular since Dubai, and the UAE in general, has reformed immigration practices and streamlined residence visa issuance and renewal.

[2] It is claimed the first Arab Ambassador to America, Ahmed Bin Na'man Al Kaabi, came from Mahdah in 1840.