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'Routes in Arabia' [88] (121/852)
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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88
R oute N o. 26— cov.td,
9 DHABATIYAH .. 30 m. SHgntly east of
sooth along the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-
208 m. al-Miya h.
At mile 2. the Hanidh wells on the west of the track; and
those of 'Alaimlvah to the east.
At mile 14, Qabaibah wells.
From these wells the ronte ascends slightly to the end of
the stage.
At Dhabatiyah. 3 or 4 wells with good water at 12 to 18 feet.
11 ABWAB .. 45 m. Soath-south-east along
the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al-Miyah,
253 m. , which is finally quitted
about miie 15.
The route then enters the district of Habl, a region of dark
sand in which mounds alternate with low valleys.
The track followed lies about midwav between Jabal
Qad&m on the east and Jabai -at -Taff on the west; keeping
the bare stretch of heavy sand, known as Jau -aJ-Ohinam, to
the west.
The water -supply at Abwab is good and abundant from
welk.
A rout© from Qatif to Riyidi passes through here. {See
note to route Xo. 28.)
13 "AIM DAR .. 46 m. East by south
through the district of
299 m- HabL
At mile 20. Hafairah. where there ss a good supply of water.
Here Kouw Xo. 28, Qatif-Riyadh. is croesed.
The track now enters the sandy depcessioQ. of Jauf, and
at rmle 31 skirts she soothem slopes of jabal Dam.
At miie 41. Pumaiyagh; weils.
At "Ain Par. weikw
15 HOFUF .. 4o m. Sooth by east over
sandv desert, and
345 tc. aioos the eastern
toot of Jabal GharairauL
At tcuie 2v\ the warm spnng oc v^act<ir
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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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- 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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