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'Routes in Arabia' [221] (254/852)
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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221
Route N o . 57— condd.
ascent to the crest of the col i» very gradual and offers no diffi
culties, but the descent, down the rocky bed of a torrent, takes
about half an hour to negotiate and is not easy for loaded camels.
The route then runs into the basin of 'Oman, which is bounded
on the west by the Jabal-al-Kur, on the north by the Jabal Akh-
dhar, and on the south by the Jabal Hamra. The latter range
can be plainly seen from Jabrin in the next stage. On reaching
the plain below the pass the route turns sharply to the north,
and bears along the eastern base of the Jabal-al-Kur.
At mile 27 Saifam, a flourishing village of about 180 houses
on the banks of a wndi of the same name. Altitude 1,900 feet.
The village is overshadowed by one of the principal peaks of the
Jabal-al-Kur, probably about 7,000 feet high. Some 3,000 date
palms and a few camels, donkeys, cattle, sheep and goats.
8 manah .. 34 m. The going is good.
The whole of the basin
184. m. before referred to is
studded with small conical hills of igneous rock.
At mile 9 Jabrin, once a place of some importance, but now
consisting of a ruined fort, surrounded by scanty date planta
tions and a few fields.
The route next crosses some undulating ground and winds
round some low hills.
At mile 15, Jabal Kamilah, with the village of Timsah close
by on the south. /
AtVmile 24 route crosses the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Kalbu ; it then turns
south-east, and runs over fairly level, bare, stony ground into
Manah.
Manah is a town of about 4,500 inhabitants, situated in the
centre of a highly cultivated oasis about 3 miles in diameter. It
is surrounded by date groves except on the south. There is a
watch tower of cemented masonry about 170 ft. high ; the
houses are of mud and stone, and some of them have upper
storeys. The water-supply is from hot springs. Wheat, gram,
sugar, grapes, limes and quinces are produced. There are 30
camels, 100 donkeys, 3,000 sheep and goats, and 20,000 date
palms.
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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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- Title
- '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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