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circles marked out on a stone elevation. Sâlem said that those who wish to pray to Šuʻejb stand inside these circles.
The lowland, in which the extensive ruins of Ḥawra and the oasis of al-Bedʻ are situated, is bordered on the east by the hills of al-Ḫarûs, al-Kbejda,
Fig. 43—A sepulcher, Madian. and aš-Šedîḫ; on the west by aš-Šiḳḥ, ʻAǧʻûǧe al-Ḳṣâra, and ʻAbdejn; and on the southwest by al-Ḥamra and aṭ-Ṭlâḥ. To the north of al-Mṣalla extends the white plain of al-Brejṯem; and to the southwest, al-Ḥamẓa, in which is situated the well of the same name. The rain water flows from both these plains through the šeʻîb of Maḳna to the grove of date palms bearing the same name situated on the shore.
