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HOUTE No. 141.
F rom RIYADH to SANA'A.
Authorities and dates. —J. Hklevy, May and June 1870.
Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.
• Native information.
Epitome.
General description.—K desert route through some of the
least known parts of Arabia. That portion of the route lyW
between Hautah, stage 4, and Makhlaf, stage 21, has not been
traversed by any European, and such of the following details
as retor thereto depend upon native information. This journey
would he a severe one, and suitable for dhalul riders onlv
Water. —Between the district of Salaiyil, stage 11, which
possesses little water, and Wadi Najran, stage 21, there is no
information and there are probably long stages without any
water at all, necessitating rapid travelling. Elsewhere en route
there is reported to be fairly plentiful water.
Fuel and Fodder.—Between stages 6 and 21, no information t
elsewhere both are reported as plentiful.
Supplies. -Considerable quantities of dates and grain and
V Afl— ln I ' air num ' )ers ' are obtainable in the district
n!j StageS 4 t0 7 ' an<i Na i r5n . stages 21 and 22; elsewhere
No. of stage
and total
distance.
Details.
11
RIYADH
TAMHAH
253 m.
253 m.
16
413 m.
19
525 m.
JALTB-AT-TAKH- 160 m.
TAKH.
QULBAN-AD-
DAHAM.
112 m.
See Route No. 25.
See Route No. 140
Sana'a-Riyadh.
Slightly west of
south, across barren
desert.
General direction
south, up the Wadi
Habunah.