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ROUTE 43 : IB HA—BISHAH 221

miles.
total, stages.
119 30 Wadi Fidayah. Camp in the wadi ; the people here are
tent-dwellers and have large flocks of sheep and
goats and camels.
Continue N. down the valley.
144 25 Wadi iShahran, name of halting-place not given.
Continue N. down the valley to the beginning of
the Bishah villages.
164 20 Wadi Bishah, containing an extensive oasis with some
thirty villages ; see I, p. 142.

ROUTE 44

IBHA—TA’IF

(Sikkat es-Sultani)

Authority : Native information.
Direction : NNW.
Distance : Crow-fly, 235 miles ; road, 278A miles.
Character and Supplies : see pp. 53 S.

miles.
total. stages.
IB HA, town; see I, p. 142.
Dir. due N. over a level plateau thickly cultivated
and with frequent villages. After 2 miles the
Beni Mugheid boundary is passed.
2 m. ‘Ain Ibn Musdfi, the first village of ‘Alqam
el-Hul. Two miles farther on Jabrat Anjud,
I
the last ‘Alqam el-Hul village, is passed and
the country of the Beni Rizam section of
the Beni Malik is entered. The country
is well watered and fertile, and supplies Ibha
with fruit.
0 m. Jebel Sha‘r is reached. The Ibha to Muha il
road (see Route Xo. 45) branches off down
the ‘Aqabah Sha'r. Continue northwards
along the plateau.
34 m. Meiza‘a, small village. Two miles farther
on the Beni Malik boundary ends and the
Balahmar begins.