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304 SOUTHERN ROUTES

ROUTE 69

MAKALLA—SHIHEIR—DHOFAR—LASHKHARAH

Authorities: Red Sea Pilot (MakaLla to Lashkharah); Persian Gulf Gazctteo
(Dhofar to Lashkharah). For certain sections between Makalla and MurhVf
Bent, 1893-5, compared with Indian Govt. Road Book. ' c’
Direction : Generally NE. by E.
Distance: Crow-fly, 842 miles ; road, 993 miles.
Character and Supplies : see p. 60 f.

miles.
total, stages.
MAKALLA, town ; see I, p. 232 f.
Dir. ENE. over sand, skirting round Ruweini Bay.
1 m. Bandar Ruweini, where there is shelter for
native craft during the SW. monsoons.
24 in. Rukub, village with large mosque.
34 m. The route passes within 14 m. of the inland
village of Buweish, situated in a valley with
fairly abundant water and some date-groves.
20 20 Shihr, small village and an old fort on the coast. About
5 m. inland is the large village of Suq el-Basir,
said to have 4,500 (?) inhabitants; good
water ; tobacco and vegetable cultivation.
Dir. ENE. along the low sandy shore.
44 m. Jebel Dhaba.
4 m. The route here passes within f m. of Zaghfak
village (see Route No. 67, p. 296).
,, _ 24 m. Marir, deserted village; water.
0 lo SHIHEIR, port; see I, p. 232.

Dir. almost due E. at first, then ENE. along the shoie.
1 m. 'Arfa river-mouth crossed : water. The route
then goes along the shore for some htt e
distance ; after making a detour inland foi
a couple of miles, to cross the estuary o
Wadi Oharid, it returns to the coast again.
For about a mile before Hdmi the goinS 1‘
very bad. along low cliffs strewn with brokei
shells.
^ Hdmi. low volcanic
small village at the foot of some
17. ft illlU
spurs ; date and coco-nut groves; maize