'Routes in Arabia' [‎49] (82/852)

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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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49
Route No. 14— contd,
The Turkish Government made spasmodic efforts to settle
th W fertile country On the Tigris are Baghaikh, Suwairah (or
Juwaimisah), 'Aziziyah, and Salman Pak, each having a small
mud fort. They are all in a fairly thriving condition Pv^nf
Salman Pak ; but there still remain immense tracts of fertile
country, uninhabited except by a few wandering nomads only
requiring irrigation to become fruitful. "uiaas, only
BAGHDADIITAH 21^ m. ] 410J m. Enter a wide loop
of the river in which
fort caHed Baghdadiyah, on some low sandy m'oundl Rising
100 feet above the river, which winds very much here. '
** 10 ^ 1 420 ^ m - 0n the west bank,
vor j azirah, near tho '
or J uwaimisah), this ioop> is s u ^f ra ^
houses. a set tlement of 60
A few gardens behind the village and a small mud fort at the
north end of the plaoe, 100 yards square with loopholod wall 29
feet high and circular flanking towers at the corners, for defence
against Arab raids. A khan about 1 mile above tho village
CTESIPHON .. 60 m. I 470i m Fnw „ i '
(Taq-i-Kisra ). 4 near Ctesiphon" 8 whicli
thVThorf ■"ttlrv cte i sip t hon ' or sit
the chord the bend, overlooking the ruins of Seleucia on the
S ,e b 3 n h k onro ff Cte8il>t0n ^ ^ ^ ^
« a L 8mal1 gunpowder faetory on the west bank
fell into^isuae. PetrC fou « d ^"cinity, but it soon
DIYALAH B1VER .. _ Pass the month of
the Diyalah. Several
nearly continTO^^ he ^ * oulathUaufafces

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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

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Reference: IOR/L/MIL/17/16/3
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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