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'Handbook of Hejaz' [97v] (203/204)
The record is made up of 1 volume (98 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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Four milos l->y Wacii or—Iiturnma-h, to W uliiin - onclosiiro« in
tions siri <i flo 1 < 1 m ; -wator i>1oti tifn 1 -
a- 1»<>11 o-w nozross <3os<3Jrt to
H uber's R oute— U mm el- M asha^aib to S habibiyah.
25 miles, f/m el-Mashd^ib (seven hours), five hours north-east, pass
Jebel Nir six or seven miles to rock, pass El-Arais, a hill near
on rock, cross ravine; then for three and a half hours desert of
Ma f alaq,^ covered with sharp stones; cross rock ridge, and in one
hour
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Jeham, running east and west. Route lies parallel
to Jebel Kabushat, two hours from
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Jcham.
38 miles. ShiMrmah, wells, good water at twenty feet.
One and a half hours to head of defile in Jebel Hillit. Descend
ravine north for two and a half hours ; go north-east for two and
a half hours; cross rock ridges ; three hours, ravine; one hour
more rock ridges ; cross these for two hours ; two hours more, a
ravine ; one hour, a rock ridge; half hour to |
45 miles. Dukhnah, forty wells, good water, twenty to twenty-five ^
feet.
Cross Dukhnah ravine, keeping north-north-east.
30 miles. Ablah ; there is a well six miles right of route. North
east to
9 miles. Eamah, three and a half hours north-west; then one and
a half hours north-east, mostly over gravelly desert to
12 miles. Shabibiyah, north-east to
8 miles. ANEIZAH.
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- Content
The volume is Handbook of Hejaz. Prepared by The Arab Bureau, Cairo , 2nd edn, 26 February 1917 (Cairo: Government Press, 1917).
The handbook comprises information about Hejaz under the following headings:
- Area;
- Physical Character;
- Population;
- Districts and Towns;
- Tribal Notes;
- Political;
- Personalities (including Royal Family, and Others);
- Pilgrimage;
- Trade and Expenses;
- Communications;
- Routes.
The prefatory note states that the handbook was originally compiled by Lieutenant Commander D G Howarth, RNVR; and although the information contained in the second edition had been greatly improved, much about Hejaz 'remains uncertain or unknown'.
The volume also contains an 'Outline Map of Hejaz' (f 4) and a table of the 'Ruling Sherifial Family of Mecca' (f 38).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (98 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains a table of contents on folio 7.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 100 on the inside back cover. The numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. This is the system used to make reference to the contents of the volume. Folios 4 and 38 need to be folded out to be examined.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence, numbered 2-179 (ff 8-98).
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/16/12
- Title
- 'Handbook of Hejaz'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:3v, 5r:99v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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