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ROUTE 70 : SUE—NIZWA 315

miles.
i total, stages.
52 20 Itukmt, where there is water.
Dir. WNW. up Wacli el-Ha’imah. From here onward
the arid country is furrowed by numerous small
ravines which feed the main wadi; some small
hamlets are passed.
75 23 Badlyah, plain several miles in extent containing
group of thirteen small villages, separated by
sandy and barren ground, each with a fort and
date - plantation watered by its own spring ;
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total pop. 6,500. The principal village is TFasii
(known also as Suq Badlyah), where there is a
central bazaar. Badlyah produces the most valu­
able dates in Oman (of the ' mibsali’ variety), which
are exported to Bombay via Sur. All the villages
possess camels, donkeys, cattle, sheep, and goats.
Dir. NW. up Wadi el-Ha'imah, through an open
i sandy plain.
4 m. Qabil, walled village of some 50 houses,
inhabited by the Hirth tribe (of the Hinawi
faction) ; several forts and some date-groves.
3 m. Darlz (or Dareizah), small village and oasis
of date-palms.
2 m. Mudheirib, village of about 300 houses and
date-groves, inhabited by the Hirth tribe.
11 m. Some low limestone hills, about 150 ft. in
height, intersect the plain.
96 21 IBRA (or BIRA), largest town of Sharqlyah; seel,p.276.
Dir. WNW. up Wadi el-Ha;imah, through a country
consisting of valleys and plains sprinkled with
grassy knolls and scrub jungle ; the small lime­
stone hills are devoid of vegetation.
15 m. A wooded tract, with acacia trees of great size.
9 m. Wadi Athali, wells with good water.
132 36 Samad, extensive oasis and town, on 1. bank of Wadi
Samad. which rises in the Eastern Hajar ; pop.
2.500 : see I. p. 275. In the town is a large fort,
and on several of the hills round are watch-towers.
Dir. SW. down Wadi Samad.

2 m. Maijhnur, village of the Habus tribe, with
fort and date-plantations, on 1. bank of
Wadi Samad.