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H 238 SOUTH-WESTERN ROUTES I
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miles.
total, stages.
2 m. Arja:, small village.
< 6 in. Shija'fah, small village.
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The fertile district of Hali is entered and
the territorv of the Kinanah tribe.
iv 134 23 Makhshush, large village; see above, p. 236.
3 m. Wadi Kefeirah crossed.
>i 11m. Beni Hilal boundary crossed at Wadi Bahdsh;

" water.
-'■I 11m. Wadi Nahud crossed; no water in dry
season.
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164 30 Nakhl el-Birk ; date-grove and wells. Good anchorage
in 5 fathoms, sheltered from all winds. Road to
Muha’il turns off I.
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3 m. Boundary of Munjahah begins. Wadi Ra'alah
is crossed.
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7 m. Wadi Dahban ; water and cultivation.
5 m. Wadi Dom ; wells.
2 m. Ma Du‘j ; wells.
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182 18 Wasm and Qahmah, village and small port.
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197 15 Khasa'ah, village.
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.‘J 3 m. Wahlah, village close to Wadi Rim. Road to
Sheibein and Ibha turns off up the wadi
Jj (see Route No. 47, p. 229 f.).
: :JI 9 m. Kitf el-Masri, hamlet.
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The Munjahah boundary ends and the
a district of Mikhlaf el-Yemen, which stretches
to Midi, is entered.
9! 212 15
31 Shuqaiq, large village with anchorage.
4 m. Wadi et-Taff crossed. Country inhabited by

3 nomad tribe of Xaj‘u.
?; 11 in. Wadi 'I tic id (or ‘Iticad) crossed.
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233 21 Darb, large village of the Beni Shi!bah. Road to Ibha up
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Wadi Dhil'a branches off (see Route No. 40.
• • p. 213 f.).
15 m. Umm el-Khisliib (or Khashab), village. The
road here bears inland and continues to
keep at some distance from the sea.
252 19 Muslii/ah, village.
4 m. K/nilab, village.
4 m. Beiah, village.
4 m. Hammah, village.

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