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Route No. 11— contd.
1 QASR-AR- .. 27 m. South-south-east.
RUHAIMI. The route descends
27 m. sharply from the ridge
on which the town is situated, and then lies along the western
edge of the Bahr-an-Xejef.
Qasr-ar-Ruhaimi, a small village situated on the plain called
Ghufrat-al-Irak. From here a link route runs to BIr Simit*
on Route No. 8, Kerbela-Hail.
4 BIR SHARAB .. 72 m. South by west.
The route, which is
■ 99 m. well defined, winds across
an open plain.
At mile 2, Sha'ib Hisib ; in February 1879 this watercourse
held a running stream sufficient to supply the Hajj caravans.
It is said to be perennial. Pasturage and acacia trees.
At mile 6 Sha'ib Shabakah.
At mile 15, Sha'ib Khatsami.
At mile 17, BTr Qamaqrun.
At mile 24, Bir Maghritsah.
At mile 31, Birkat-al-Hamad.
At mile 37, Birkat-al-Hammam, a large ruined bath, with
a dry cistern and a dry well.
About mile 50 a ridge of hills is crossed, and the route enters
a wddi, which is followed to the end of the stage.
At mile 53, BTr Atalahat, cisterns and wells, all dry.
This place is also called Mafraq-ad-Darb.
At mile 66, the wells of Shabaikah lie about 4 miles to the
west. ,
At mile 72, BIr Sharab, several wells, of indifferent water,
situated in a depression which is flooded in winter. iNo fuel •
Scanty pasturage.
6 BIRKAT JUMAI- 58 m. South.
MAH. At mile 4, the route
157 m. descends about 70 feet
down the Jal-al-Waqsah, at the foot of which is a large and very
deep well of sweet water. It then enters the level plain of
Mahamiyah, which is covered with grass and fine flints.
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* About 57 miles west-Bouth-west. from Qasr-ar-Ruhaimi (Leachman, 1010. )