'Routes in Arabia' [179] (212/852)
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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179
Route No. 47— concld.
At mile 25, village of Hadaf on the right bank of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hatta, into which the route runs near here.
At mile 28, Masfut, 50 houses.
At mile 29, Hajarain, 100 houses.
At mile 32, Falaij-bin-Qafaiyir.
At mile 33|, Tamait (R), 10 houses.
At mile 35, Mushabbah (R), 10 houses.
At mile 38 (L), 'Ajlb, 70 houses. This village stands at an
altitude of about 1,000 feet, and commands a fine view of the
fertile cost of Batinah.
Just below this village the hills end.
The aggregate of livestock for these 7 villages is 50 camels,
100 donkeys, 50 cattle, 200 sheep and goats.
Shinas is a small coastal town containing a fort and a bazar
and about 2,000 souls. The inhabitants depend on their date
plantations, and on fishing and other sea-faring occupations.
Water is from wells. This port owns 4 baqSrahs.
ROUTE No. 48.
From SHARJAH to MURAIR.
SO miles. 3 stages.
Authorities. —Native information collected by Major
P. Z. Cox and Lieutenant C. H. Gabriel.
Epitome.
General Description.—A caravan track running across a
bare desert of white sand for the first 25 miles, and then over a
shingly plateau for about 15 miles, at which point a mountainous
ridge has to be negotiated. The ascent of tbis ridge is made up
easy watercourses, but the descent is more abrupt. The track
then runs along the bed of a valley down to the coast.
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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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