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'Routes in Arabia' [17] (50/852)
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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17
R oute No. 5 {b )~contd.
No. of stage
and total
distance. !
Details.
NASRIE
An unwalled town,
situated on the left
. . bank of the Euph
rates, containing about 600 good, masonry houses arrang
ed in broad, well-aligned streets, and a greater number of huts
scattered about the outskirts. Population about 10,000 souls.
Water from the river. Wheat, barley, and other ceroals are
generally obtainable in fair quantities. Camels, as well as sheep,
cattle, and buffaloes, are to be had in uncertain numbers from
the Arabs.
1
KHAMISIYAH
30
30 m. General direction
east-south-east.
The direct road from
Nasrie to Khamislyah is bad ; it is cut up in many places by
water-channels, and passes through low, marshy ground.
At mile 19, Suk-esh-Sheyukh ; see Route No. 13.
At mile 30, Khamislyah ; a large village about 10 or 16 miles
below Suk-esh-Sheyukh, and perhaps 3 miles from the river.
Three creeks leading from the river unite at Khamisiyah. This
was formerly a Turkish military post, and possesses good water.
Here route No. 5, Kerbela-Basrah, is joined, and one of the
desert tracks followed to Basrah.
ROUTE No. 6.
F ROM NEJEF TO TAWAIRIJ.
31 miles. 2 stages.
Authorities. —Lieutenant-Colonel L. S. Newmarch.
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.
Epitome.
General Description. —The following is not apparently an
established route ; but it may be used as a line of communication
in the cold weather.
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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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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'Routes in Arabia'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1:18, 1:644, 647:816, v-r:v-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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