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'Routes in Arabia' [177] (210/852)
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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177
•Route No. AQ-concld.
THAQIBAH .. 4 hours. No water.
AL-'ARJ.. o.
• • o hours- No water.
FALAJ SUMAINI 2 hours. No water .
RAMLAH .. 2h0llrs Nowater _
:: H H : T r H ■• 3ws - pi —
2 hour,. No u , ter ,
3 hours. See Route No. 45,
baraimi oasis
A-m Dnabi-Baraimi Oasis.
ROUTE No. 47.
From DIBAI to SHINAS.
90 miles.
Authorities.-
3 stages.
Ma jor P. Z. Cox and Lieutenant C H
Uabnel, from native information.
Epitome.
General Description.—Fov the first 30 miles this track tra
verses a bare sandy desert. It then winds amongst a ser es
of fair-sized sand dunes and ascends the western slopes of tL
Paiyah ridge which it crosses at about mile 37. For the first
half of stage 2 it traverses the Madam plateau, after which it
is crossed IT about m^^ll ^ The kotal
crossed at about m. 21 from the coast, after which the traolr
enters the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Katta. The route follows the bed of ?ht
valley throughout the remainder of its length
sorta^or^prings^^very 1 !!^ miles U ^' 10U ''' ^ bei "« ^
hntXtm ™:^ Very SCar0e thr0UghOTt Stoges 1 - d 2 .
2 a
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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 View the complete information for this record
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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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- Open Government Licence