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ROUTE 11: ‘OQAIR—RIYADH 101

miles,
total, stages
5 m. To end of plain of hard sand, called Marbakh.
Over stony plain for 6 m.
186 41 Abu Jifan, group of 15 wells with good and abundant
water at 18 ft., situated in the ‘ Urmah tract of the
district of ‘Aridh.
9 m. Same direction over plain of TJrmah ; then
down a boulder-strewn incline called B'ij;
then to end of stage over a level desert tract
containing trees from which the Bedouins
make charcoal.
205 19 Tarabi, 4 wells with sweet water at 30 ft., situated near
the SE. end of the Watheildn plain. Over hard
sandy plain strewn with gravel, and bearing trees.
230 25 Miyahiyah, group of 30 wells with sweet water at 18 ft.
3 m. Over stony plain ; then descent of 15 ft. by
a steep incline into a clay depression called
Bain es-Saleyyi, traversed till the end of the
stage.
249 19 RIYADH, town; see I, p. 357 f.

The following are alternative routes from Hofuf to
Riyadh :
I (Raunkiaer, 1912)
miles.
total, stages.
49 HOFtJF.
Dir. W. by S. across flat country and a sandy
plain called Mahit, bounded N. and S.
bv rocks.
16 m. Jau (or Ju), a large hollow.

3 m. Tlaayyah, a hollow, to S. of which
are visible rocks named Rar (? Ghar)
Seyyid. Then over rugged country.
6 m. Bab, a valley. Across flat stony desert.
:
12 m. Na'lah, a plateau, whence descent into
3 m. Wadi Faruq.
92 43 Shd‘bah, a barren valley, where camp may be
pitched. Ascending a plateau, route tra­
verses a hard desert with a light covering
of clay, and the Summan proper, for a day’s
march ; and, for another full day’s march,
it crosses transitional country, from a
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