"الطرق في بلاد فارس" [‎٤‎٦‎٠] (٨٥٢/٤٩٣)

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R oute N o . 123—cowdrf.
al-Masriyah, about 1| miles inland, with Zi Hill just to the north-
cast oi it).
Zi Hill makes a good landmark, being a conspicuous wedee-
pod feature 232 feet high, and standing close to the shore.
At mile 3i, Bir Am Saimah ; water. It lies about U miles
to the eastward of the track.
Af mi l ( i ot' aI "' J l adycl '* water ; bushes and camel-grazing
At mile 12^, fishing hamlet of 'Ubaidiyah ; water very scarce
From here the route runs along the low and sandy 'shore to
Mokha which is still one of the Yemen ports, but is now much
lo — ^ im p 0 rtance. It lies in a small bay between two
low headlands which are about 1J miles apart, on each of which
stands a ruined fort. Between these extends the sea-wall which
allows access to the town by a single gate only. In front of the
ntr de a c av 0n Vhff WhiCh : ^ ^ t0Wn is ^
a mile Tm^'rP tu ' aloil g the and is about ^
a mile square. The streets are very narrow, and the houses
though large and buiit of stone, are mneh dilapidated Pop a
The 0n m l U tlr.r 1S ' f MOkh . a " badly "« f0r ' rah
5miCtoth?S. T ^ W!!Us of Snwais
to the I; ' " le als:) oomts from Moza, 17 miles
There ^-1,? . an ! "l u " d;lct - The anehorage is poor.
bv |,, ttu T JS " t " ated re3 P ect "'ely at the north fort,
by the jetty, and opposite an old factory. The garrison
consists nominally of 2 companies. 7 g
ROUTE No. 124.
From MOKHA to YARIM.
U9 miles. 7 stages.
Authorities and Daies.~C. Niebuhr, June 1763 ; Lieute-
nant Hon. W. Leveson-Gower, R.N.,
July 1903 ; Manzoni, 1877-80.
oeetzen, 1810 (as far as Ta'iz).f
lies across ^ Ughout the fi ^ st sta g e . this route
* ThVioMoflCaddi,h i - , known as the Cihamah, and which
not Sltal-Jadld. 0,1 ManzonV * ma V mutt b * clotftoTTf
Dhamar, in ISaifbulh^ac^ ^'iz, Abb and