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'Routes in Arabia' [‎126] (159/852)

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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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difficult, and even dangerous for laden camels, runs through
this pass and then over rough, granitic and basaltic country
with softer intervals almost to Faid.
Fa id, a large and scattered village, of about 1,000 souls.
Water is from wells at 30 54 feet. The best well is in the
Marjum quarter.
Dates, cereals, vegetables, and melons are grown.
3 KAHAFAH* .. 32 m. General direction
about east by north.
83 m. The track crosses a
remarkable desert of volcanic rock and sandstone, almost with
out vegetation.
The village of Kahafah is unwalled and contains about 50
houses. The wells are about 50 feet deep, and some of them
have good water.
Dates, cereals, and vegetables are cultivated. There are
about 3,000 palm trees.
There are the usual animals.
QUWARAH
28 m.
South-east.
i , At first over sand;
HI m. then two ridges are
crossed and part of the Tarmus desert; then two other ridges
shortly before Quwarah. The greater part of the way is over
stony desert with outcrops of rock.
Quwarah stands in a basin smaller but more fertile than that
of Kahafah. The village consists of two portions which lie
more than a mile apart. Date groves are numerous but
small, and the trees indifferent. Cultivation of cereals, melons
and vegetables is carried on by irrigation from wells, more
than half of which yield drinkable water; the water of the
rest is clear but bitter.
5 'AYtJN .. 24 m.
135 m.
outcrop
crossed.
General direction
about south-east.
A stony desert with
of rock, at first of yellow, then of red, sandstone is
A* 1 unimportant and nnfrequented variant oj that portion of this route which
net between Kahafah and Shiqgah, was traversed by Huber, in the reverse direction,
wi tAs autumn o/1880. It lies to the east of the ordinary route, and passes through
Qnsa-ibah and Wathal, *
fel912.

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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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