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'Routes in Arabia' [653] (684/852)
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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65S
R oute N o . 184— cAmtd.
3 DUSDYARI .. 18 m. After leaving Nahr-
wan the country is
54 m . desert and boggy in
wet weather ; mile | from Nahrwan, road across desert to
Kirkuk branches off. At mile J irrigation channel 5 feet wide
by 4 feet deep. At mile If second canal 90 yards wide by
13 feet deep ; some grass on south-east side in bed of cana ,
water channel in bed of canal 6 feet deep and 8 feet wide ; steep
sides; difficult for wheels. At mile 'U on right is village^ of
Abu Tamar ; desert continues ; a little cultivation on right ;
road bogoy in wet weather all way from Nahrwan ; character
of desert, "soft crumbling clay. At 5 miles irrigation channel
10 feet deep by 14 feet wide, direction north-east and south
west ; narrow palm-tree bridge 2 feet wide ; at 9 miles leave
telegraph line and turn half-right ; a little cultivation on left;
at 10 miles several irrigation channels on right, about / feet
deep and 12 feet wide ; at 11 miles track again turns lial
right; at 13 miles reach bank of Khalis canal, 50 feet wide and
8 feet deep, banks about 4 feet above the water; a few water-
lifts ; cultivation on left bank ; very little on right bank ; cross
several outlets of the canal, average depth 8 feet and width
about 15 feet; continue passing atid crossing these cuts until
Seraiio is reached on right. Many date gardens enclosed by
mud walls. About 100 houses ; several flocks of sheep, about
300 sheep and about 30 horses. After Seraijo continue for
about a mile through walled gardens; road very tortuous
until Dusdyari is reached. Khalis canal runs between
Serai jo and Dusdyari, current about 2 miles an hour ; general
direction south-west; canal winds a great ca . us \ ar
has date gardens, with mud walls, and about 100 houses,
4 SWA1NAH .. 16 m. After leaving Dus
dyari follow right
m bank of canal; several
water cuts for first 3 miles, about 10 feet deep and 15 feet
wide ; small palm-tree bridges ; cultivation on both banks o
canal; canal very tortuous, navigable for large boats ; water-
cuts impassable for wheeled traffic ; one was at least 20 feet
deep and 16 feet wide. At mile 3^ Arab village, mud huts, on
right.
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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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