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ROUTE 41 : IBHA—SAB IA 215

miles.
total, stages,
m. Sahn, large village of 250 houses on the top
of the ‘Aqabah. This is the beginning of
the fertile district of Temniycih (Thimniyah),
and the road passes over a lofty and well-
cultivated plateau.
8 m. Tor el-Jahurah, small village.

The district of Temniyah is left. The
road winds down a steep and wooded gorge.
374 194 Tihamat el-Jahdrah, camping-ground.
6 m. Jebel Qcihar ; scattered houses. Coffee and
cereals cultivated, Still descending, the
boundaries first of the Reith and then of Beni
Majur and A1 A'rabi, nomad sections of
the Shahran, are passed. After 12 miles the
road debouches from the hills, and crossing
the Shahran boundary, enters the district of
Mikhlaf el-Yemen and the territory of the
Naj'u nomads.
644 27 Hajj es-Sabbami, large village. The road leads over
a cultivated plain.
54 m. Shahadah, large village.
5 m. Adeijijah, small village.
76 114 SABIA (SABlYAH), town ; see I, p. 143.

ROUTE 42

IBHA—DAHRAN

(Tariq es-Sultani)

Authority: Native information.
General Direction : SE.
Distance : Crow-dy, 10- miles ; road, 1071 miles.
Character and Supplies: see pp. .">:> tf.
niiles.
total. stages.
IBHA, town ; see I, p. 142.
Dir. SE. through almost level country.
3 m. Hadhbnh Beni Jura'i, stone-built village.
Beni Hughe id territory is left and A1