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Telegraph Office and Post Office. Karbala is also known as
Mashhad Husain.
Route No. 24.
From BAGHDAD to KABWAISAH.
114 miles. 5 stages.
Authorities .—Captains Butler and Aylmer, Janu
ary and February 1908.
Epitome.
General Description .—This route is practicable throughout
for laden camels. ■ From the Tigris at Baghdad it crosses over
to the Euphrates at Fallujah, whence it follows the valley of that
river as far as Hit. At Kabwaisah, stage 5, it enters the desert,
which soon becomes gravelly and undulating.
Water .—During the winter months many of the numerous
u-adis which are met with contain either rain-pools waterlogged
sand, and in some of them, such as the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Jabal, stage 13, there
are wells. Except in summer, the intervals without water do
not exceed two days. "The supply is abundant and good at
Sakakah and Jauf-al-’Amir.
Fuel and Fodder.—Both abundant in spring, except during
one or two short intervals.
Supplies. —Nil.
Ko. of stage
and total
distance.
Details.
1 NUQTAH-AS- 18.—General direction, W.
SAMIYAH. Left Baghdad by the
18 Aleppo Road, passing
Zubaidah’s Tomb, and crossing iron bridge over the canal an
hour after starting. First 3 hours canals and water; afterwards
no water but old dykes.