ملف رقم ٣١٤٢ لسنة ١٩٠٣ "سكة حديد الحجاز" [ظ‎‎٦‎٧] (٤٨٨/١٤١)

Distances
in Kilometres.
Stations.
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Details of Line.
Inter
mediate.
Total.
23
806
Dizad (3,100 ft.)
A station to the north end of the Wadi Sani; some
acacia trees and bushes in the dry bed of the wadi.
No water.
23
829
Muadhem (3,250 ft.)
A castle or “ kala ” on the pilgrim road, with a large
“ birket ” or cistern to catch rain water.
The Fejir and Khuthera sections of the Beni Atie
Bedouins roam about here.
26
854
Khat-um-Zane (3,480 ft.)
A station in sandy valley between cliffs. No water.
27
881
Dar-ul-Hamra (3,710 ft.)..
Ruinous “ kala ” or castle on the pilgrim road.
A cistern or “ birket ” in the bed of a wadi filled by the
uncertain winter rains. Usually dry or very bad.
24
905
El Matalli (3,640 ft.)
Sandstone crags and deep sandy stretches.
Through the Shuk-el-Ajuz a pass in rough sandstone
ridges. No water.
14
919
Abu-Taka (3,150 ft.)
A station in country dotted with sandstone crags. No
water.
14
931
El Mezham (2,985 ft.)
A narrow pass between sandstone hills skirting round
the western face of the Mabrak-en-Naka, a steep
sandstone ridge.
No water; a few scattered acacia trees and bushes.
Descent into the Medain-i-Salih Plain.
24
955
Medain-i-Salih (El Hejr)
(2,600 ft.)
A castle or kala on the pilgrim road, in the court-yard
of which is the Bir-en-Naga, a well with water 26 ft.
below ground. A cistern ] 8 yards by 22 yards and
18 ft. deep lies to the south, filled by a noria wheel
from the well, worked by two mules. Water bad,
and supply poor. The Eejir Bedouin are in this
neighbourhood.
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1,015
El Ula (2,035 ft.)
Small walled town of some 400 houses or 2,000 in
habitants, in an oasis of date palms about 2 miles
long. Some corn cultivated. Dates are fairly plenti
ful. A track leads to El Wej, on the Red Sea.
The town is walled, with two main gates, and built
against the steep cliff of the Harra.
Water is plentiful from a series of springs, slightly
warm, in the Wadi-el-Kurra. A small stream irri
gates the gardens. A few cattle, donkeys, goats,
and poultry available. A railway depot similar t>
Maan and Tebuk is proposed here.
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1,030
Kala Zumrud (2,165 ft.) ..
Kala, on the pilgrim route, with cisterns in a narrow,
rocky, gorge.
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1,135
Hedie (1,250 ft.)
Kala, on the pilgrim route. Well, with fair supply.
One day’s march from Kheibar.
1,300
Medina (1,320 ft.)