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'Routes in Arabia' [207] (240/852)
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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207
Koute No. hh—contd.
eastward, to
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Manumah, numbering in all about 40,000
trees. There is some ordinary cultivation; 700 camels, 200
donkeys, 500 cattle, 3,000 sheep and goats and 20 large
badans.
Here start Route So. 65, Barkah-Saiq, and Route No. 66,
Barkah-Nakhl.
13 SIB .. .. 18 m. General direction
east-south-east.
216 m At mile 4, Haradi ;
one fortified house and 100 huts. Date cultivation.
At mile 6,
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Manumah enters the sea ; there are 150
huts in the vicinity.
At mile 7.V, Wadis Lajal and Tau enter the sea -within a
short distance of each other.
At mile 8, Rumais ; 30 houses, 30 sMshahs, 15 camels, 20
cattle, 150 sheep and 2,000 date palms.
At mile 9 there is a ruined Bedouin fort.
At mile 10, ShakhakhTt; 40 houses, 25 shashahs, 30 camels,
donkeys, 300 sheep and goats and 3.000 date palms.
From mile 12 onwards the route rur.s through a succession
of gardens and wheat and barley fields.
At mile 13J, Ma'abilah, situated on the western bank of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Qatib at its mouth ; 40 houses, 10 camels, 12 donkeys,
30 cattle, 200 sheep and goats and .'5,(100 date palms. Some
cultivation.
At mile 14, Laghshibab, about a mile inland ; 60 houses, 20
shdshahs, 80 cattle, 250 sheep and goats and 2,000 date
palms.
At mile 18, Sib, a very scattered village consisting of groups
of mat huts, and containing perhaps 2,000 inhabitants. There
is one masonry house, about a mile from the shore, occupied
by the Wali. The bazar comprises about 50 small stalls, but
is poorly stocked. The water-supply is good and abundant
from wells at an average depth of 12 or 15 feet. After rains
streams flow along some of the mouths of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
SamaiL There
are extensive date groves, and gardens producing jowari,
lucerne and other fodder, mangoes, limes, and almonds. Fish
is cbtainable in fair quantities, but some ox the commoner
kinds are considered unedible by Europeans. The inhabitants
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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