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ROUTE 42 : IBHA—DAHRAX 217

miles.
total, stages.
3 m. Waqashah, small village surrounded by
cultivation.
Rufeidat el-Yemen territory ends and
‘Abidah (Qahtan) begins. The country grows
less fertile, but there is cultivation from wells
round all the villages. The road descends.
2m. Al Saqr (Sadr?), small village and head­

quarters of the Al Saqr (Sadr?) division of
the ‘Abidah.
The Beni Talaq division is reached.
66 20 Wahabah, large village of 250 houses.
3£ m. Al Ferdan, small village.
3 m. Al ‘Abis, small village.
The road leaves ‘Abidah territory and
enters Beni Bishr (Qahtan). Country becomes
more hilly -with occasional woods.
5 m. Usran, large village of 300 houses. Good
cultivation. A small stream, known as ‘Ain
el-Mukharrazah, runs through the village.
1 m. Mufarrij, small village.
4 m. Shaqb, small village.
24 m. Al Ferhat, small village.
-4 m. Al Umm ‘A’idh. small village.
86 20 ‘ Abidiyah, small village.
The road comes out on more level country and
enters the territory of the Shereif.
14 m. Beidha, small village.
34 m. Al Seri, small village.
34 m. Hamm, small village.
3 m. Harajah, large village of 200 houses; for­
merly a Turkish Markaz. Residence of Mo­
hammed ibn Dhuleim, the Emir of all the
Qahtan tribes.
The road enters the country of the
Senhan el-Hibab (Qahtan).
3 m. Rahah Senhan, large village of 300 houses
and the chief market in Senhan el-Hibab.
2 m. Hadlib, small village.
4 m. Khadd.

After 3 miles the road crosses the boundary
of the WadiVah (Qahtan) tribe and district.