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'Routes in Arabia' [‎213] (246/852)

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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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iniato.
213
ROUTE No. 56.
F rom SOHAR to BARAIMI OASIS.
78 miles.
5 stages.
Authorities .—Lieutenant-Colonel S. B. Miles, November
1876.
Major P. Z. Cox, December 1905.
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, 1908.
Native information.
at tie
Epitome^
General Description. —The road after leaving the belt of palm
groves and cultivation outside Sohar runs north-west to 'Auhi,
a distance of 6 or 7 miles. From here a track leads west
across the Batinah, a stony plain gradually rising towards the
hills and sparsely covered with acacia and underwood. At mile
17 £ the route enters a watercourse known as the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-
Jizi, which it follows with slight intermissions to mile 46|. This
watercourse is very shallow along its lower reaches, and "scarcely
distinguishable from the plain, but higher up, though well de
fined, does not present any difficulties to transport animals.
The mountains on both sides of the valley through which this
route passes are bare and sterile. From mile 4(5 ^ onwards the
route lies across a fairly level plain.
Water. —Abundant throughout.
Fud. —Abundant throughout.
Grazing. —Abundant throughout for both camels and don
keys.
Supplies. —Various kinds of grain are procurable at Khawairij
(stage 3) though not in very great quantities. Dates are ob
tainable all along the route ; mangoes are plentiful at Sohar and
Falaj-as-Suq (stage 1), limes being also found at the latter settle
ment. Salted and dried fish are to be had in Sohar. In the
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Jizi wheat, barley, millet, and lucerne are obtainable,
and camels, donkeys, sheep and goats are numerous. Cattle are
generally to be had at stages 1 and 6.

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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
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