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'Routes in Arabia' [128] (161/852)
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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128
Route No. 36 A— contd.
As-Sirr it crosses nafud, but it would not offer any serious diffi
culties to vehicular traffic except in the Haisiyah gorge.
Water. —Until As-8irr is passed water is plentiful though
often brackish, but always drinkable for animals. Between
As-Sirr and Nasir there is no water but after that it is plenti
ful to Riyadh.
Fuel and camel grazing. —Firewood abundant everywhere.
To As-.Sirr the grazing is poor, but large quantities of lucerne
are grown in the villages. From As-Sirr to Shaqrah the graz
ing is good ; from there to Haisiyah, fair; and after that, poor.
Supplies. —Only dates and cereals as far as Hlusiyah ; after
that the ordinary foodstuffs are plentiful.
No. of stage |
and total i Details,
distance, j
BURAIDAH. See Route No. 35 Hail-Buraidah.
1 AUFIZiyAH .. 21 m. Leaving Buraidah by
— the south gate track,
21 m. passes south-south
east over heavy sand, keeping along the eastern eige of the
sand dunes.
As mile 3, the date plantations are left.
As mile 6, the roa l to 'Anaizah branches off south-south-west.
Across Nafud, and at mile 10 descend into
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-ar-Rum-
mah, here 500 yards wide. Road between Shamasiyah and
'Anaizah, running in bed of wxdi, is crossed. Thence over soft,
salt-encrusted earth, with standstone cliffs 150 feet high to the
east about 1 mile away. Pass many detached qasrs, with salt
water, and at mile 21, reach Aufizlyah, a village with a popu
lation of about 300 souls, mostly 'Anaizah. Water is from
jalibs at about 5 feet. A few scattered date-gardens; scanty
cultivation ; livestock very scarce.
2 MUDHNIB .. 12 m. South-south-east.
——■—• At At mile 3, pass qasr
33 m. with date plantations
one mile to the west.
At mile 6, cliff to oast ends i mile away. Track passes over
khor, which must bo very soft after rain, with patches of stony
ground.
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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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- 'Routes in Arabia'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1:18, 1:644, 647:816, v-r:v-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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