‘Im’Adiya lies about eight thousand feet above sea level, on the plateau known as the dhahir, near the precipice, four thousand feet in height, which separates it from the plain on the southern or seaward side. It lies within the territory of the ’Audhala tribe, near the Yemen border. It is ninety miles from Aden as the crow flies, or four days by camel. The nearest inhabited centre is Mukeiras, from which it is about three hours distant on foot, to the east. At Mukeiras the Royal Air Force maintains a landing ground and a rest-house, and the Government has a wireless telegraph station there.