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'Routes in Arabia' [40] (73/852)
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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40
Route No. 11— concld.
Baqa'a is situated in a large hollow of light coloured sand
stone, lying east and west, and containing a sabakhah (salt-pan).
The settlement is in two parts, the eastern called Sahaibah,
and the western, Uwaimi. Between them is a group of old
houses called Sharqi, and also known as Hammam, or Maraiqib.
Close by is an isolated patch of cultivation, without palms,
called Qasaifah and another called Qawaian. There is abundant
but indifferent water at Baqa'a at from 27 to 33 feet. The best
water is that in Qasr-al-Uwaimi, from a well called Samhah.
Good palm trees. Some cultivation of wheat and barley. To
the north -east | mile is a plateau of bare rock, called Qathiyan,
or Qitaiyan.
13 KHASIRAH .. 19 m. West-south-west.
Good going over fairly
355 m level sandstone desert
At Khasirah, 30 wells of fair water at from 20 to 23 feet.
The wells are silted up, and the water is shallow. The
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hail begins here and trends west-south-west.
14 HAIL .. .. 29 m.* West-south-west.
384 m. 3-i
At mile 6, the small sandstone hill of Sailiyah, covered with
inscriptions, is passed.
At mile 12,
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Shaqiq, containing pools of water after
rain. Good fuel, and camel grazing. Some rough ground is
then crossed.
At mile 19, Amadhan.
At mile 20, the sandstone ends and a granite plain is traversed.
About mile 26 route leaves the open plain and runs down a
ravine-like wddi, bordered with palm gardens. For Hail, see
Route No. 8, Kerbela-Hail, which is here joined.
♦Mr Gaskin puts the journey between Sha'arah and Khasirah at 16 hours,
and that between KJiasirah and flail at 13 hours. If these figures artr correct
ft would anoear that his estimats.of 27 miles as being the distance from Khasirali
to Hail Koute No. 10) were too low.—C. C. R. M.
Note —Without passing through Khadhra, but going direct from Trubah to
Balaghbiyah, Huber makes the journey from Hail to Nejef about 370 miles.—
0. C. ii- M.
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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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