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'Routes in Arabia' [269] (302/852)
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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269
Route No. 74— contd.
widens out to 2 or 3 miles. Between this and the end of the
valley, at about 19 miles, there are several small streams, and
occasional date groves. A plain is then entered.
At mile 30, Humaidah, a hamlet of about 15 mud huts and
a small fort. Water is obtained from running streams. The
country, both within and without the walls, is well cultivated.
A few sheep and goats, 300 date palms.
Kamil, a village of about 200 houses. On the north and
west sides there are bastioned walls, and on the south and cast
date groves. The water-supply is abundant from streams.
There is a bazar of 15 shops. The village owns 40 camels, 40
donkeys, 50 cattle, 200 sheep and goats, and 1,000 date palms.
Lucerne is cultivated.
Here Route No. 75, Lashkharah-Kamil, joins in.
2 RUKSAT • • 20 m. At first south -west
by south. The route
52 m , crosses a plain where
the ground is alternately very loose drift sand and \ whitish
indurated clay. , , tt -- i ,
A short distance outside Al-Kamil the adi Hannah s
entered, and route bears west -north-west; and at about mi e
some sand dunes are traversed. The sand has been preven '
from overwhelming the country "by growths of desert bushes.
The wddi is shallow, and contains stunted bushes here and
there. At mile 20, Ruksat, where there is water.
o BADIYAH .. 23 m. West-north-west.
The route continues
75 m in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Haimah.
The desert from here onwards is furrowed by numerous small
ravines. Several small hamlets are passed. Badiyah consists
of a group of 13 small villages with a central bazar at W asil
(Sun BadTyah). The population is about 6,500. ^ ater
obtained from falajs. There are 1,330 houses, 425 camds, ^
donkeys, 1,200 cattle, 23,240 sheep and goats, and 158,000 date
IBRA (BIRA) .. 21 m. North-west. The route
continues in the \V adi
Haimah. At mile 4 the
walled Village of Kabil; it has several forts. At ^ ^ ^
s mile 9, the small oases and villages of Daraizah and Mudarak.
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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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