"ملاحظات ميدانية: بلاد الرافدين. هيئة الأركان العامة في الهند. فبراير ١٩١٧". [و‎‎١‎٠‎٦] (٣٥٠/٢١٨)

Route No. 18— contd.
Water .—Plentiful throughout. It is usually brackish but
drinkable, except at Qasr Ibn ’Ansarl, stage 4, where it is fit
for animals only.
Fuel and Fodder.—Plentiful throughout, except during stages
1 to 4, especially in spring.
Supplies.—Limited to Samawah, stage 3, and fairly plentiful
at Zubair. Elsewhere en route, nil.
No. of stage
and total i Details.
distance- 1
1 QASR-AR-RUHA . 27.—S.E. The route des-
IMI. cends sharply from the
27 ridge on which the
town is situated, and then lies along the edge of the Bahi-an-
Najaf.
At mile 27 Qasr-ar-Ruhaimi, a small village situated on the
plain known as Ghufrat-al-Traq.
2 SHINAFIYAH . . 16.—E. by S. The route
runs across an open
43 plain. At mile 2
Sha’ib Hisib; in February 1879, about 5 miles higher up, this
Sha’ib held a running stream, which was sufficient for the Ha]]
( 4,000 men and 3,000 camels, at a low estimate); it is said to be
perennial. There are acacia trees and pasturage. The route
then runs along the edge of the Bahr-i-Shinafiyah.
At mile 16 Shinafiyah, a town of about 3,500 inhabitants,
situated chiefly on the north bank of the ’Atshan continuation
of the Shatt-al-Hindiyah just below its exit from the Bahr-i-
Shinafiyaht
The dwellings are principally huts, and there is a bazar
of 60 shops.
3 SAMAWAH . . . 36.—E. S. E. The route
runs along the south
79 , bank of the Shatt-al-.
Hindiyah.
At mile 4, Sa’id Mashkur.