"الطرق في بلاد فارس" [‎١‎٢‎٢] (٨٥٢/١٥٥)

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Route No. 33— contd.
Supplier. —Between Hofuf and Yamamah, nil. Limited
quantities of cereals and vegetables available at stages 9 and 10.
Also a few pack and slaughter animals.
No. of stage
and total | Details,
distance.
ROFUF.. • • Route No. 29.
5 ABUJIFAN .. 137 m. See Route No. 30.
137 m.
8 YAMAMAH .. 73 m. South-west by
s -uth. At first across
210 m. the plain of 'Urmah,
and then into the district of Sahabah, parts of which are some
times marshy and which probably contain wells.
During stage 8, the route crosses the Wadi Hanifah and
enters the district of Kharj, which is a sandy plain. Within
a mile or so of Yamamah is the village of Sulaimiyah, of about
100 houses. There is the usual cultivation, fairly extensive here,
of both dates and cereals. Livestock estimated at 200 camels,
50 donkeys, and 300 cattle, besides sheep and goats, but no
horses. This village benefits to some extent by the Farzan
stream, and its own wells are only 36 feet deep. Here Route
No. 30, Hofuf-Riyadh (Alternative D) is crossed.
Yamamah, 130 houses, possesses large date plantations,
and the usual fruits, cereals, melons and lucerne are grown.
Livestock estimated at 300 camels, 80 donkeys, and 300 cattle,
exclusive of sheep and goats, but there are no horses.
10 HAUTAH .. 45 m West-south-w es t;
good going amongst
255 m. dunes and occasional
sand valleys, and with a perceptible descent to the southwest.
At mile 2, village of Saih lies just to the north-west of track.
At mile 8, Dilam, a walled town with 1,500 inhabitants and
containing a bazar with 30 shops. Good water from wells at
30 to 48 feet; and also from the Farzan rivulet. Wheat and
maize are grown, and even a little rice; there are also citrons,