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ROUTE 30 : JIODAH—HODEIJDAH 1!J'J

miles.
total, stages.
ones are dug as old ones fall in; water
brackish but drinkable. Here the Wacli
Maur is crossed and the track runs parallel
to the wacli to the end of the stage.
3 m. Qumrlyah (or Kumariyah).
4 m. Dahir.
2 m. Udabi.
2 m. Qanumah.

2 m. Deir Sa‘id, from which it is 1 m. to end of
stage.
557 20 Zohrah, village about 1 m. north of Wadi Maur ; there
are good wells and cultivation along the wadi.
A small Turkish garrison is stationed here.
Dir. S., crossing the broad Wadi Maur between Zohrah
and Maur.
5 m. Maur, village of about 400 inhabitants;

irrigation in summer by flood-water from
Wadi Maur. The track then crosses ground
cultivated in places.
7 m. Deir ‘Abdullah, village of the Za‘liyah,
a small tribe living in Wadi Maur and its
neighbourhood.
8 m. Cross the dry bed of Wadi Kofan, and pass
the small villages of ‘Abadiyah and Dd'udiyah
in the Suleil country.
582 25 Zeidiyah, small town of about 1,000 inhabitants, the
principal settlement of the Suleil, and a Turkish
post ; water from wells. Some supplies may be
obtained here and at Kanawiz, another Suleil
village about 4 m. north-east.
Dir. S., the country being sandy in places.
8 m. Cross Wadi Sardud ; there is some cultiva­
i
tion here and all along the wadi.
59(5 H Turba, small village.
Dir. a little W. of S. across the khabt.
8 m. Murza'iyah, huts and coffee-house.
10 m. Jubdnah. From this point the track is very
good to Hodeidah.
021 25 HODEIDAH, port; see I, p. 171 f.

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