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ROUTE 44 : IBHA—TATI- 225

miles.
total, stages.
Ill m. Seyyalan, a collection of villages in Wadi
Sevvalan.
The Nasirah territory is now entered, and
the roacl continues through hilly country
i which grows more arid as one goes X. to
Jebel Ka‘u.
228 17 Jebel KcJu, a large mountain at the foot of which are
villages and cultivation.
The road now enters the territory of the Beni Sa‘d.
3 m. Kuthrub, large village.
Him. Lahda, fertile vallev with fruits and cereals.
The boundary of the Beni Thaqlf is passed and the
road runs almost north.
243 15 Qcilb en-Na‘1, small village.
The country is hilly and barren, with very occasional
villages and patches of cultivation.
271 28 Sinn, the last village of the Beni Thaqlf.
Road passes through fertile country to Ta if.
278i 7i TA’IF, town; see I, p. 126 f.

[An Alternative Route from Ibha to Ta’if runs by
way of the Wadi Bishah ; see Route No. 43,
Ibha-BTshah, and Route No. 39, Ta’if-BIshah,
the latter being traversed in the reverse direction.]

ROUTE 45

IBHA—irUHA’IL
(Via Wadi Tayyah)

Authority : Native information.
General Direction : NNW.
Distance : Crow-tty, 534 miles ; road, 04 miles.
Character and Supplies : see pp. .">3 if.
miles.
total.
stages.
IBHA, town; see I, p. 142.
Dir. due N. over a level plateau thickly cultivated and
with frequent villages.
After two miles the Beni Mugheid boundary is passed.
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