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In it are cultivations watered by wells from which water is drawn by saqiyas, and from Al-Yahudiyya to Qasr Al-'Atash is 34 miles. It is a populated castle with cultivations. In it are also hills of gibbah. From Qasr Al-'Atash to Manhusha are 3 stages with no water, but there are sebakhs and duniyya. Manhusha is on the sea, and its waters are in cisterns dug in the sand by the sea. It was named Manhusha because in its sands are small snakes, each one span long, no more, and they are harmful and bite those who do not know their ways. And those captured at night in that land. In it are herds of wild cattle, and also many wolves and hyenas that attack travelers when they are seen. And the صعف (difficult terrain) is in it. From Manhusha to Bi'r Al-Ghanam is about 13 miles, and it is at the end of the sebkha attributed to Manhusha. From it to Al-Gharuykh is one stage, and in miles it is 30 miles. From Al-Gharuykh to Harqara is 20 miles, then to Barsimt 30 miles, then to Suluf 34 miles, then to Aubzar 30 miles, then to Qadr Al-'Asal 13 miles, then to Milaytidah 37 miles, then to Yarfaz 15 miles. The road from Suluf to Qafir is one stage. And there is a castle in the middle of the plain of Bunayf. And in its two sides are connected shabads to the sea, and between them and the sea is 4 miles. And its watering place from Qafir, in the eastern direction, is a lake with the sea, with its embankment of sand dunes. And its water is fresh, and its distance is 16 miles. And in Sa'idna it is about half a mile. And from this embankment, we find An'ayid. And in this land are the tribes of Rawaha. From Qafir to Hafr Nuqard are two stages. It is a populated castle, inhabited. And in it are some of the Nuwayr, and Hunah is a populated land with cultivation, and the fighani and poets sing its praises. And from it to Famanis.