'Routes in Arabia' [118] (151/852)
The record is made up of 1 volume (425 folios). It was created in 1915. 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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118
R oute N o. 32— contd.
brought in from the interior. There are no supplies worth
mentioning. The livestock comprisses about 150 horses and
perhaps 800 camels. There are some 350 pearling boats, 60
sea-going vessels, and about 90 fishing boats.
1 WAJBAH .. 12 m. West by south,
across a rocky and
12 m. pebbly desert com
posed of gravel and marl. At mile 7, Shaqab, where there is
a small fort containing a masonry well with fair water at 36 feet.
Wajbah consists of a walled garden with a tower and
a mosque. There are three masonry wells with fair water at
42 feet.
2 KAR'ANAH 18 m. West-south-west ao-
—— ross a very bare plain.
30 m.
At Kar'anah there is a masonry-lined well with fair water
but at a depth of 150 feet.
4 BA'AIJ .. 37 m. A double stage, due
west across the same
67 m - desert plain. At mile
27, the route skirts the head of th© Dohat-as-Salwa where
there are some brackish wells. Here Route No. 44, Hofuf-
Baraimi Oasis, joins in.*
5 BAHATH
18 m.
North-west
the northern
of the Jafurah
through
portion
desert.
north-west
Jafurah
85 m. __
This place is sometimes called Bajash-al-Bahath.
6 MANA'AYAH .. 16 m. Still
across the
101 m. desert.
At about mile 11, the 'Alah wells, situated in a tract of the
same name, lie off the route, about a couple of miles to the
north.
There is a well at Mana'ayah but no details are available.
7 JISHSHAH .. 17 m. Almost due west
across the Jafurah to
11 ® ^ the Shatar wells, at
* At Ba'alJ there are also wells.
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This volume contains descriptions of the 'more important of the known routes in Arabia proper' produced by the General Staff in Simla, India. It is divided up as follows:
Part I - Routes in North-Eastern, Eastern, and Southern Arabia.
Part II - Routes in South-Western, Western, and North-Western Arabia.
Part III - Miscellaneous Routes in Mesopotamia.
Appendix A - Information about Routes etc in the Rowanduz District by Abdullah Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. , Hereditary Chief of Rowanduz and ex-official of the Turkish Government.
Appendix B - Information relating to Navigation etc of the Tigris between Mosul and Baghdad supplied by our Raftsmen.
The volume contains a Glossary of Arabic Terms used in the route descriptions and a map of Arabia with the routes marked on it.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (425 folios)
- Arrangement
Divided into three sections as outlined in the scope and content.
The file contains a contents page that lists all of the routes included on folios 6-13 and uses the original printed pagination system.
- Physical characteristics
Condition: A bound, printed volume.
Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Please note that f 424 is housed inside f 425.
Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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- 'Routes in Arabia'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1:18, 1:644, 647:816, v-r:v-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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