"ملف ‎٣/ ٤ كُتُب إلخ: الطرق في عُمان" [و‎‎١‎٦] (٧٢/٣١)

The route continues in the Wadi Haimah.
BADIAH,.23 miles. The desert from here onwards is furrowed by
numerous small ravines* Several small hamlets are rjassed.
Badiyah consists of a group ofl3 small villageswith a central
bazaar at Wasil ( Suq Badiyah ). The population is about 6500.
Water is obtained from faljs. 1330 houees; 425 camels; 725
s
donkeys; 1200 cattle; 23^20 sheep and goats; 158,000 date palm
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103 'IBKAH. 21 miles. The route continues in the Wadi Haimah. At
$ 4 m. X'tf / walled village of Kabil; it has several forts.
At 7 and9 m. the small oases and villages of Daraizah and
Mudarak. The country alters its formation/, low hills of lime-
-stone intersecting it. 1 Ibrah was once of some importance
but has now greatly fallen to decay. It consists of two towns
about 200 yds/ ^from each otherin a date grove estimated at
100,000 trees.The water supply is from a stream which flows
round the edge of the groves/. There is a large fort and a
bazaar of some 60 shops. The population is 4000 to 5000.
/ 300 camels; 800 donkeys; 600 cattle;, 2000 sheep and goats.
On many of the hills round are watchtowers.
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^^9 SAI.ll/IAD. 36 miles. The route runs along Wadi Haimah through s*'//
small hills of limestone formation , bare of vegetation ,
though the intervening valleys and plainf are sprinkled with
grassy knolls.At about 115 in. a woody tract is entered. At
About 24 m. the Wadi Athali is reached; there are some wells
of good water.Sammad is a town of 2500 inhabitants , situated
in a very large aasis watered by a stream.lt contains a large
fort. Wheat , barley , sugarcane , and lucerne are grown.
300 camels; 200 donkeys; 200 cattle; 1000 sheep and goats.
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154 KUTHRAH. 15 miles. The route continues along the Wadi Haimah.
At about 2 m. Maghsar; a fort and 70 houses; 30 camels ;
20 donkeys; 50 cattle;; 300 sheep and goats;1500 date palms.
At about 9 m. the route descends about 200 ft. down the narrow