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'Routes in Arabia' [‎62] (95/852)

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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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62
Route No. 18— contd.
Supplies. \ ery limited. Certain commodities are obtain
able at stage 1, but at Zubair, about 4 miles north-north-west
from stage 6, all supplies are plentiful. There is also some
cultivation of lucerne and melons in the Dirhamiyah tract
stage 7. *
KUWAK .. An open, undefend
ed town, with a large
. hdzar, and houses mostly
built of stone. The inhabitants number about 45,000 souls.
Ihere are no agricultural resources. The drinking water is
lajrly good, and is from wells about 4 miles to the south of the
town. Better water is, however, procurable from the wells
of Qasr-as-Sirrah, 8 miles to the south-south-east of Kuwait, or
from those of Mishrif, 2 miles east, of Qasr-as-Sirrah. Practicallv
all foodstuffs are obtainable. There are important sea and
pearl fisheries and considerable fleets of boats. Camels are
procurable in fair numbers.
1 JAHRAH 20 m. General direction,
" about west.
20 m.
To mile 5, the going is soft and heavy owing to sand.
h rom Kuwait to mile 10, the road skirts the south shore of
Kuwait Bay.
From mile 10, the route crosses slight , almost imperceptible,
undulations at right angles; but the ground is fairly firm.
VVeHs caUed Ashainj, Mulkashi, and Jirthamah lie on the
J ' other8 called Jadadfyah, Sulaiblyah, Umm Qarah,
and Qulbanyasain on the south of the route.
At Jahrah, fortified sarai; gardens and houses of Shaikh,
bmall Arab village ; permanent population about 500 inhabit-
n s, u m the hot weather there are sometimes six or seven
times that number. Several good wells of drinking water, and
several of salt water.
Fuel is very scarce as it has to be brought in 15 miles. Sup.
plies include limited quantities of certain vegetables and lucerne;
also fowls, oggs, and milk.

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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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