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'Routes in Arabia' [‎220] (253/852)

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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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Route No. 57— contd.
0 f which 'Ibri lies. It crosses the bed of the wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. and a small
tract of higher ground, and then drops into a dry watercourse,
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Salaif, which trends southwards, effecting a junction with
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Sanaisal lower down at Dibaishi. At the point where the
route meets Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Salaif, the ivddi has just emerged from a
natural gateway, which it has formed in forcing its way through
an isolated chain of narrow hills about 300 feet high.
At mile 2, Salaif, a small fort and village lying astride the wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. .
From here the route follows a wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. in the direction of Jabal-al-
Kur, but at mile 10, after passing round the spur, it turns to the
south, crossing and recrossing the toadi. Finally it leaves the
wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. bed altogether, and the rest of the way to Kubarah is over
fairly level and easy ground.
The route throughout this stage offers n o difficulties whatever
as the wddi bed is shingly and free from boulders, and once it
is left the soil is sandy.
At mile 22, Kubarah, a small hamlet of about 50 inhabitants.
Ttie village is overshadowed by the lofty Jabal-al-Kur, the crest of
which appears to be about 10 miles away. The water-supply is
from falajs.
7 SAIFAM .. 32 m The route at first
turns eastwards to-
150 m. wards Jabal-al-Kur to
avoid some broken ground, and then debouches into a broad
triangular valley formed by the convergence of Jabal-al-Kur
and Jabal Haddah.
At mile 8, route comes abreast of the summit of Jabal Haddah,
facing which, on the opposite side of the valley, is a deep cleft in
the side of Jabal-al-Kur from which rises the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. 'Ain. A little
beyond the cleft, and on the same side as it, lie the villages of
Dan and Nadan ; date groves, and water from streams.
At mile 18 the route crosses a pass called Najd-al-Makharim,
at about 2,500 feet, between Jabal-al-Kur and Jabal Hamra,
which is easier on the whole than the Najd-al-Barak pass at the
northern end of the Jabal-al-Kur. The country between Kuba
rah and this watershed is a sandy plain, sprinkled with mimosa
scrub and thickly strewn with talvs from the mountains. The

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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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