'Routes in Arabia' [83] (116/852)
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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83
R oute N o. 25— concW.
Banban, 20 houses, and wells varying in depth from 24 to
72 feet. There are no date palms, but wheat, barley, millet,
musk melons, and water melons are grown in small quantities.
There is good camel-grazing in the neighbourhood.
14 RIYADH .. 45 m.* Across a series of
plains and ridges, all
37Q m of which are apparent-
Iv "w^torloss#
Riyadh, "the capital of the Wahhabi dominions, a walled
town with 6 gates, and containing about 12,000 inhabitants.
The town stands about 2 miles from the left bank of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hanifah upon a plateau with higher ground to the northward.
In the centre is the fortified place of Ibn Sa'ud. Town bmlt
of sun-dried bricks. There are about 20 mosques. Drinking
water is obtained from wells in the town and its environs, which
are from 40 to 50 feet deep. The date plantations are said to
be irrigated entirely from this source. The
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hanifah,
after good rams, contains running water for some months.
* N ote. Vide P. G. G. II, page 171. On Hunter's map this distance la
S ' 10W Note .—From Rumhiyah a route runs south-west to Sidus in 'Aridh as fol-
l0WS Shortly after leaving Rumhiyah the track passes tl | rou ^i ^ ^ap m the Tha-
mamah hills in 'Urmah, and descends sharp y into t f he .^ h ^ f ®
Mahma, where rain water is said to collect and stagnate for months together.
The Sua'ab plain is next traversed, after which the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Wutar Is .
At m. 63, Salbukh, a village of 35 houses, situated near the north-western
bank of the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
, apparently a little below the point where thcdramageofGhiya-
nah joins it. The main rang : of Jabal Tuwaiq rises immediately to the west of
this village. Date trees are numerous, and there is abundance of water, which
does not fail, even in the driest years. Citrons, melons, wheat, barley and millet
are PromTlbukh the route foUows the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Wutar aU the way
dow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
iato
Sidus, a distance of about 22 miles. For a description of Sidus. see Route No. 37.
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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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