"ملف ‎٣/ ٤ كُتُب إلخ: الطرق في عُمان" [و‎‎١‎١] (٧٢/٢١)

ROUTE.
From. KINHAH. To.'IBRI.
*124 Miles. 7 Stages.
Authorities.Lieut. J.R.Wellsted. Indian Navy. January, 1836.
Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.
General description.
The route is passable for baggage animals, but is very
difficult in stage4.
Water is obtainable at all stages..
Fuel and fodder are obtainable except at stages 3 and 4
where its existence is problematical.
There are good bazaars att Minhah, Nizwah, and ^bri. Livestock
is obtainable at Minhah and at stages 1,2,and 7.
Minhah is a town of about 4500 inhabitants,situated in the
centre of a highly cultivated oasis about 3 miles in diameter.
It is surrounded by date groves except on the south. There is
a watchtower af cement masonry about 170 ft., high; the houses
are of mud and stone and some of them have upper stories.
The v/ater supply is from hot springs . Wheat , gram, sugar,
grapes, limes,and quinces are produced. / 30 camels; 100
donkeys; 3000 sheep and goats; 20,000 date palms.
NIZWAH. 27 miles.. The country is levefe, bare,, and stony,
sparsely inhabited and cultivated though not devoid of desert
vegetation. At 11 m. Karsha; 20 houses; 30 sheep and goats;
500 date palms. The base of the Jabal Akhdar foothills arer-
rounded, and at about 19 m. the small forts and villages of
Raddah ( 20 houses; 40 sheep and goats; 800 date palms.), and
Farq ( 150 houses; wheat cultivation; 10 donkeys; 60 cattle;
60 sheep and goats; 1500 date palms.) are passed. The route
then crosses much marshy ground, overgrown with high reeds.
For Nizwah see Route No.