Darb Zubayda — the pilgrim road from Kufa to Mecca

The pilgrimage road from Kufa to Mecca, recorded by Qudama ibn Ja'far in the postal-station system, with its stations, its distances in miles, and the pools, wells and pulpits at each station ².

It begins at the City of Peace (Baghdad) and goes to Kufa, passing the bridge of Kuthaa, the palace of Ibn Hubayra, and the markets of Asad and Sayy. From Kufa to al-Qadisiyya is fifteen miles ².

Then al-Udhayb, which was a guard post between the Arabs and Persia at the edge of the desert, with two walls. Then al-Mughaytha, al-Qar'a, Waqisa, al-Aqaba, al-Qa', Zubala the inhabited, al-Shuqqa, the grave of al-Abbadi, and al-Tha'laba ².

Al-Khuzayminya is walled, with a pulpit and a bath; it was called Zarud, and its sand is red. At Fayd there is a station for the agent, a canal, fields and a pulpit. Then come Tawz, al-Hajir and the mine of al-Nuqra. Al-Rabadha is rich in water and has a pulpit, and it is the mine of Banu Sulaym ².

Then the Hijaz road to Mecca ².