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'Routes in Arabia' [‎67] (100/852)

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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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67
Route No. 19— conld.
3 QASR-AS- 21 m North-east.
SAEI/AH. To mile 3 the track
( jq ^ lies across loose
sand, and to mile 11 across a mud flat which, however, is not
submerged at high water; it then ascends some sandhills and
passes for the remainder of the way over undulating, stony
ground, from which occasional glimpses of Sabiyah and Haq^i-
jah (see below) are obtained. Places passed are:—
At mile 7 Bahrah, 6 brackish wells with water at U feet,;
no inhabitants. From hen: a variant route runs to Sabariyah,
stage 5.*
At mile 8, the wells of Mishash-al-'Ajman.
At mile 12, the fresh wells of Maghairah.*
Qasr-as-Sabiyah, a fortified mud enclosure belonging to the
Shaikh of Kuwait, about 100 yards long by 80 yards broad,
outside the enciente of which are wells of brackish water. Ihe
enclosure is surrounded by tamarisks which first become visible
at a distance of 5 miles. " There are 300 date palms.
4 'ARFAJIYAH .. 10im. North-north-west,
The way runs over
70^ m> slightly undulating, stony
country, the following objects being passed:
At mile 5, Shamimah, wells.
At mile 6, Haqaijah, 8 or 9 wells of slightly brackish water
with a few tamarisk trees, a ruined mud enclosure, and traces
of former cultivation.
At mile 7J, Akhfarunbith, a well situated in a dry water
course.
'Arfajiyah, a place with a ruined mud enclosure, and numer
ous wells of fairly good water; no trees, but there are signs of
former cultivation. A low hill called Qahdiyah, about 8 miles
to the west south-west, forms a fair landmark.
♦Note .—Two unimportant variants of this route branch off during stags
3, at Bahrah and Maghairah respectively as follows
Alternative .4.—From Bahrah, north by east. At mile 3J this track cross-s
a Jcotal in some sandhills about 360 feet high. It then ascends to mile ^i -o
a height of about 350 feet, after which it descends |by gentle undulations to ruL
10. Prom here to Si bar yah at mil' 21 whore the mam route is joined, tin
variant traverses a low plateau about 100 feet high, of sand and gravel,
the Magh.Ir.h ,vdl, . tp.c k I«d.
Haqaijah, branching off at the point where the coital route aerrads tlm sand
hii s. By taking this short-cut the distance from Maghairah to Arfaj.jan
U rtsduc d frnm ISi milt-s to about 12 miles. ^

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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.

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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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