Page 174 - A Hand Book of Arabia Vol 2_Neat

B. EASTERN ROUTES

ROUTE 8

ZOBEIR—BOREIDAH

Authorities : Knox, 1906, Shakespear, 1910, and native information.
Direction : General direction SW.
Distance : Crow-fly, 355 miles ; road, 378£ miles.
Character and Supplies : see p. 30 f.

miles.
;otal. stages.
ZOBEIR, town of Turkish ‘Iraq, 9 m. SW. of Basra ;
population 6,000; market-town for the sur­
:
rounding Bedouin tribes. The town is walled
and the surrounding country is entirely barren
except on the SE. side, where a tract known
as Dirhamlyah extends for some 3 m., containing
scattered fields of lucerne and melons, hedged
with tamarisks.
Dir. SW. along a camel-track over sterile plain.
26 m. Ratk ridge crossed.’
1 m. The Batin entered and followed for 11m.
38 38 Haleibah, traces of old wells, but no water.
Dir. continues SW., along the Batin.
8 m. Traces of old wells.
2 m. Jarishah hills passed onr.; tract of Khazumah
Radiy ah then traversed.
19 m. Heil hill, passed on r., and soon after Shiqat- -
el-Wasiyah on 1.
6 m. Traces of old reservoir on r.
4 m. Eleiba, hill on same side.
9 m. Hissu Dhabi, a valley on r. Abraq el-
Hibari, hill on 1.
11 m. Mahza, hill on 1., and then for 11m. along
the Batin.
!