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'Routes in Arabia' [299] (332/852)
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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299
Route No. 83— contd.
Fuel and fodder. —Fuel, and fodder for camels, are obtainable
except 2 and 3, where, however, both might be found in small
quantities at all stages. _ _
Supplies. —Practically non-existent. Livestock is ob
tainable at all stages but 2 and 3, where it is only to bo got if
the Bedouin flocks happen to have found grazing.
SHIHAIR .. . • Sw Route No. 81,
Saihut-Mukalla.
1 GHAIL BAB 20 m. General direction, west
WAZIR
Minister.
. hy north. The route
2o m , runs for the first three
miles along the coast, and then turns inland to Zaghfa, at mile
7, a village with a palm grove. i
The route crosses several small passes in gypsum hills, ana
brackish water is met with twice.
At mile 20 Ghail Bab
Wazir
Minister.
, a largo town situated in a senoe
of oases, watered by a warm and bitter stream, which rises under
a hill to the east, where a large reservoir has been dug. i alajs
about 20 feet deep conduct the water to the fields. There are
many acres of tobacco, bananas, maize, cotton, and other crops.
There are ruins in the vicinity. „ , -j m
From here a track runs west by south to Rashmd. 10 mil
away. See Route No. 84, Mukalla-Shibam.
4 SUE AIL A • • 50 m. At first the route
runs north-east, and
m passes through several
oases.
At mile 3, village of Bu Bakr. , , A _,
M m ile 11, Gambia, a village with palm groves and abundant
horse fodder. The route then turns north-west up an ascent
of some 2,000 feet; very steep in parts and necessitating dis-
mountins for some of the way. The ground is barren and stony.
Another steep ascent of about 1,000 feet is next
where camels have to be sent up by a very
The route then winds over bare, undulating country,
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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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