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miles.
total, stages.
2 m. Muqta‘ d-Khe.il: 4 wells of good water.
4 m. Heidat et-Tihdmiyah, where there are rocks
with ancient inscriptions and engravings.
The road from Khamis Musheit comes in
here, and the Wadi Shahla joins the Wadi
Dh.il‘a. Thence over a grass-covered plain.
7 m. Qasabah, small village belonging to the Beni
ShEbah. From here on there are cultivated
patches of dhurci and dulchn, with plenty of
shade from 1aruj trees in the Wadi Dhii'a.
The high peak of Jebel Ttwid (Ttwad) is on
the right.
8 m. ‘Askar, a large village ; cotton grown.
46 23 i Darb, large village and head-quarters of Beni Shi'bah.
The Idrisi has a representative here. Darb is
on the main Tihamah road from Qunfudah to
Sabi a (Sablyah).

ROUTE 41

IBHA—SABIA

Authority : Native information.
General Direction : slightly E. of S.
Distance : Crow-fly, 61 miles : road, 76 miles.
Character and Supplies: see pp. 53 ff.
miles.
total. stages.
IBHA, town ; see I, p. 142.
Dir. SE. [For the first 12 m. of the route, as far as
Dhibat Al Jihal, see below, Route No. 4-,
p. 215 f.]
. 216.
12 m. Dhibat Al Jihal, village ; see below, p
Dir. generally southerly, the road ascending over hi 11}
country. _ t .
IS 18 Al UmmJiziV, small village belonging to the Al \uua a i
section of the Shahran. After 2 m. the road So0>
up the steep and precipitous pass ot Aqa >a
es-Sulb.