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310 SO CTH-EASTERX RO UTES
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miles.
total, stages.
4 m. At about this point (2 hrs. from Samacl)
descend some 200 ft. down narrow ravine of
pass of Urif.
3 in. Gazah, town (3 hrs. from Samad).
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(I Dir. SSW.
5 m. Shari''at Al Bu Sa'id, village of about 100
houses with date-groves.
147 15 Kuthrah, village of about 50 houses with date-palms ;
abundance of water in neighbourhood.
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Dir. W.
2 m. Rudhah, village of about 300 houses with
date-groves.
2 m. Alu, village with date-palms.
o m. Ukahil, village (2 hrs. 50 m. from Kuthrah).
5 m. Tulliat, walled town with extensive date-
groves, watered by large stream; under
hill with two small forts.
6 m. Stretch of desert country (2 hrs. from
Tulhat).
2 m. Jlahyul, village of about 50 houses, with
two forts on S. side, and date-groves (1 hr.
from Wanah).
172 25 MANAH, important town and oasis of Oman Proper,
pop. 4,500 ; see I, p. 274 f.
Dir. NNW., at first through extensive cultivation, then
over country that is level, bare and stony, sparsely
inhabited and cultivated, though not devoid of
desert vegetation.
6 m. Karsha, hamlet of some 20 houses of the
Beni Riyam, with date-palms.
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4 m. Turn N. by E. up Wadi Kalbu. _ ;
4 m. Raddah. hamlet of 20 houses of the Al Bu |
Sa'id, with date-palms, on 1. bank of \N adi
Kalbu ; alt. 1,300 ft.
2 m. Farq, large village of about 150 houses, on
1. bank of Wadi Kalbu ; considerable date-
plantations and much wheat and indigo.
The inhabitants are mainlv of the Beni ;Auf
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and 'AbrivTn tribes.
i(Jl 19 NIZWA, most central town of Oman Proper, pop. 6,000 ;
see I. p. 272 f.

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