The Geographical Journal (Journal of the Royal Geographical Society): Volume XVI, No. 6 [‎367r] (86/232)

THE OASES OF THE MUDIRIEH OF ASSYUT.
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TOWN OF MUT, OASIS OF DAKHILAH.
of the two oases. Kharjah is hut sparsely populated, its most striking
feature being the amount of sand which chokes the valley, and whic
gives the impression that the oasis has been overwhelmed with sand.
Ruins exist at a great distance from the present cultivation Little
boring has here been done, and the water-level has not sunk as m
Dakhilah. Kharjah was known to the ancient Egyptians as “ Khenein
and “ Uah Ris,” the southern oasis. The first name is still preserved in
Ghanimah and Umm el Ghanaim, two mountains to the east of the oasis.
The inhabitants still call it “ Wah men Amum,” obviously an ancient
Egyptian name, but amongst the Arabs the common name is El W ah el
Kharjah, or El Kibliyah. The principal town, itself called Kharjah, is
about 130 miles from both Assyut and Esneh, but only 104 from Girgeh
From the latter it is reached by four days’ marching, and from Assyut
in five. Besides the date, the produce is gram and fruit, and a few
vegetables. The commonest trees are the “sant” and T a
the sycamore, once plentiful, being hardly known now. _ The sant
are remarkably fine. Good pasture for camels is found m places, but
none of these are owned by the inhabitants, goats being e mos
plentiful domestic animal. It is stated that some six or seven hundred
camels come to Kharjah during the date season, of which about one
hundred go on to Dakhilah, about a hundred also coming to Baris an
returning to Esneh. These figures seem, however, considerably under
estimated. In the time of the “ Jallabah ” or slave traders from
Darfur, perhaps four thousand camels a year, belonging o uc anes