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'Routes in Arabia' [233] (266/852)
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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233
Route N o. 60— concW.
2 WUQEAH ,, 27 m. South-south-'west.
~~~ The route continues
46 m. up the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
At mile 12 Wuqbah (R); 100 houses, 200 camels, 150 don-
keys, 2,000 sheep and goats.
The route then crosses the Najd-al -Wuqbah, the crest of which
is passed at about mile 20, and enters
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Dhank.
At mile 27 Wuqbah (R); 150 houses, 50 camels, 60 donkeys,
100 cattle, 400 sheep and goats, 15,000 date palms.
• '< DHANK .. 22 m. W T est-south-west.
— The route follows
68 m. the W adi Dhank,
which is about half a mile wide with banks 100 feet high and a
fine stream flowing down the middle.
At mile 6, Yanqul (L); 20 houses, 200 camels, 50 donkeys,
150 cattle, 600 sheep and goats, 2,000 date palms.
At mile 11, Fid a (R) ; 200 houses, 100 camels, 100 donkeys,
200 cattle, 300 sheep and goats, 2,500 date palms, fruit trees.'
Here Route Xo. 59, Dhank-Ibra, is joined.
At mile 18, Dut (R); 100 houses, L000 date palms, fruit trees.
The
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
widens out to form a small plain and then con
tracts again. The banks are densely fringed with da^e palms.
The route follows the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
bed, which is here narrow and
stony.
At mile 22, Dhank, a town of 3,500 inhabitants. There is an
upper town of 5 quarters (400 houses on a ridge), and lower
town of 7 quarters (300 houses). Each quarter is separately
walled. In the upper division there is a large castle. The
houses are mostly built of sun-dried bricks. The bazar is
insignificant. The water-supply is from a rapid stream
flowing along one side of the low, rocky ridge, which divides
the town into two parts. There are also some wells, 14 horses,
80 camels, 250 donkeys, 350 cattle, 1,100 sheep and goats,
3,500 date palms. Wheat, lucerne, limes, and pomegranates
are cultivated.
From Dhank routes lead to various parts of 'Oman,
2a
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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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