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"Route No. lOl—concU.
4 J1MIL .. ., 20 m. At mile 1 beyond Blr-
al-Jiyin the road crosses
54| m. the Wadi Am Suhai-
biyah at its junction with the Wadi-al-Milah, and runs north
west between these wadis over a firm sandy plain covered with
thin scrub jungle to mile 6. It now enters cultivation and
leaving Dar-ad-Daulah on the west, proceeds to Mijbah. Here
supplies of jowari and karbi are obtainable, and also in the
neighbouring villages of As-Suq, An-Nimara, and Dar-ad-Daulah.
There are wells here and also in these villages. There is a good
deal of cultivated land irrigated by flood water of the wddis
around. There is tamarisk jungle in the river bed, and acacia
trees on the waste ground between the cultivation and the foot
of the hills to the north and north-west. The road branches
here and either of the following ways may be taken;—
(i) up the Milah stream, which makes an indifferent road
to Jimil, or
(ii), leaving the Milah stream at mile 3, from Mijbah and
passing Dar Shaiban (Sihban) (one well of sweet and
abundant water; also abundant forage and supplies)
and Saifar, goes across an open plain and at Al-Hajah
joins the Wadi Am Suhaibiyah again. The going
in the river bed is not good as there is sand in many
places with high sand banks. It now passes As-Sauda,
a village on a conical hill on the right bank at mile 17i,
and reaches Jimil. {See Route No. 100.)
ROUTE No. 102.
F rom ADEN (BARRIER GATE) to QA'TABAH
(KATABA).
90 miles. 7 stages.
Authorities and Dates.- —Military Report on the Aden
Protectorate, 1905.
Arab Tribes in the Vicinity of
Aden.
Sketches made in 1902-04-05.
Epitome.
This is the route that was regularly used by troops and con-
vpys marching from Aden to the Ad-Dhali' plateau in 1903. The
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