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'Routes in Arabia' [‎165] (198/852)

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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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165
Route No. ii—contd.
the Hasa Oasis, the Jafurah desert, Barr-al-Qarah, Qatar,
'Aqal, Mijan, Sabakhat Matti, Bainunah, Taff, Dhafrah, Kha-
tam, and 'Oman-ash-Shamaliyah. Generally speaking, these
tracts are but vaguely defined, and of a similar type, varying
only in their degree of desolation. The route here described,
namely, the one lying nearest the coast, is that usually followed
by caravans in summer. It lies over fairly level desert, winding
incessantly amongst sand dues, and zigzagging from well to
well.
Water. —Neither very abundant nor very good. There are
some long stages without water, Imt it does not seem to be
necessary through any portion of the nmte to carry more than
three days' supply. There are no wells during stages 11 and 12.
The well at stage 17, as also that at stage 15, on the winter
variant of this route, is unreliable.
Fuel. —There is a good deal of stunted brushwood here and
there along these routes, but generally speaking fuel is scarce
throughout, especially during stages 12 and 13, and 20 and 21.
Fodder. —Abundant after rain, throughout stages 1 to 7 ;
but not very plentiful during the remainder of the journey
except perhaps in Dhafrah proper, that is, during stages 18 to 20.
Supplies. —Except in the Hasa and Baraimi oases, nil.
HOFUF .. An important town
enclosed by .a thin wall
about 12 feet high and
built of sun-dried bricks, and said to contain 5,000 houses
mostly constructed of stone and mud, and plastered. The po
pulation is estimated at 25,000 inhabitants. The town is
divided into three wards, one of which is called Kut, a fortified
enclosure with sides about 600 yards long and completely
surrounded by a ditch. The Turkish garrison was formerly
quartered in this enclosure, which was also the resi
dence of the Turkish official community. It contains a fine
mosque, a well-built hospital, and two forts. The town possesses
innumerable wells with fair water at about 24 feet,' but the sup
plies, consisting of ghi, sugar, rice, and cloth, are very limited,

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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.

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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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