"الطرق في بلاد فارس" [‎١‎٨‎٠] (٨٥٢/٢١٣)

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Route No. 48—cow^.
at ™^~I ery T 06 thron g hout ^age 1, though plentiful
WaS al Qor ^ lng ^ 2 '- bUt plentiful a g ain in the
aftef ^ Fodder -~^ c&rcG durin g stage 1, but plentiful there-
Supplies.—Nil except at Sharjah {q.v.).
No. of stage
and total
distance.
Details,
• • • • There is now no town
wall; and the fortified
ori ,i „ . , . residence of the Shaikh
and a series of muu towers which command the plain between
e town and the date plantations constitute at the present
buTtS wt of :r e r Good rr* » re
out the bulk of the town is built of date branches. Popula
tion about o,000 souls. There are about 200 sheps. Water
plentiful i an .J 3 moderatel y g ood - Fuel and fodder are
Lck whiVh l t? Way 0 ! SUpplieS there are dates and iive-
and 9 200 0 '' 0 1 0camels ' 550 donkeys, 130 cattle,
and A200 sheep. There are also 22 horses.
. .p iere are 5 hagUahs, 13 samhuks, 183 pearl boats and a
B;railar number of fishing boats. '
I DHAID ..
• • 30 m. The first part of this
m stage lies eastward
by the wells of Zibair, (?) miles and Tahil, (?) miles. *1^25 mTles!
however, the desert begins to change to a shingly plain which
is fairly well covered with trees and vegetation.
• J? h , aid , villa «« co n tai ns a four-towered fort and about 700
inhabitants. The water supply is very good and abundant from
a stream with a strong flow.
There are no supplies beyond dates, a little wheat, and a
The dat6 gr0Tes f0 ™ an "O-'