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RcLfE 9: KOWEIT—BOEEIDAH 93

miles.
total, stages. , . t
316A- 36 ‘Ain Ibn Faheid, village of 75 houses, and remains of
ruined fort, Qasr Marid. Cattle, sheep, dates, and
grain available. There is a spring for irrigation,
but the water is undrinkable, the nearest good
water obtained from Wasit (or Waseitah) at a dis­
tance of 6 m. S.
Dir. SW. by S. over undulating stony plain.
12 m. Loose sand for 3 miles.
3 m. Wells of Sarlf lie 4 m. E.; 6 to 24 ft. deep.
Over firm desert for 5 m. I
3364 20 Tarfiyah, village of 35 houses inhabited by mixed Arabs ;
one well with water at 36 ft. ; some grass and
fuel. Direction still SW. by S., first over stony
plain, then over loose sand.
3514 15 BORFiTDAK, town; see I, pp. 370ff.

The following is the Alternative Route (referred to
above, p. 91) from Koweit to Hafar via Abul-
Hiran :

KOWEIT. Town left S. Then SW. over barren sandy
tract.
10 m. Jadadiyah, wells ; water at 24 ft., 2 m. W. of
wells of Suleibiyah. Across Kubeidah (or
Kabd) plateau.

20 m. Themilat el-Arbid (or possibly Tawil; see
Route No. 10, p. 95), wells.
15 m. Edge of escarpment overlooking the Shaqq
valley; then 5 m. across the valley. : i
50 50 Khabrat ed-Daioish, pool lying just off the track to N. :
Course, WSW. over plain.
26 m. Ridge of Sala: lies 3 m. to N. From this
point, 4 m., to end of stage.
80 30 Abul-Hirdn ; water-hole on NW. slopes', said to contain
water 1 month after ram.
Dir. SW. by S. over Dibdibah steppe.
40 m. The low ridge of Musannah h
is crossed.
Dir. W. by S., for 32 m., to Hafar.
152 72 Hafar, wells; see above, p. 91.
A variant description of this alternative •
in the Persian Gulf Gazetteer fro 6’
information, is rather longer. m Ila^ve