el-kuwayd

Updated: August 7, 2026

The only tolerable Pass rounding the southern Sharr was, they declared, the Wady Aujar, an influent of the Wady Zahakan, near Ziba. The Col el-Kuwayd, now within a few yards of us, is so terrible that the unfortunate camels would require, before they could attempt it, at least twenty-four hours of preparatory rest and rich feeding; and so forth.

Sir Richard Francis Burton - The Land of Midian — Volume 2