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'Routes in Arabia' [283] (316/852)
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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283
"Route No. 78— conld.
About mile 12. pass Jabal Saffan, two remarkable quoin-
shaped peaks about 850 feot high and scarped to the westward.
At mile 21 R^is-al-Khabbah ; bold coast-line changes to sandy
shore.
Ras-ar -RuAvais, a low rocky point, with a few sandy hillocks,
behind which is a village of the same name with about 200 in
habitants ; fairly good water ; a few sheep and goats. Some
small boats. Pilots for the MasTrah channel may sometimes
be got here.'
2 LASHKHARAH. . 30 m. South-west by south.
Coast desolate, sanrly
54 m. and low.
At mile 9, Suwaih, a villagr, with a small fort and a slone
mosque;'also a temporary village with some 50 huts deserted
in the summer. Water is brought from 5 miles inland. A
few cattle, some sheep and goats ; 4 badans, and a dozen fishing
boats.
At mile 11, Khor Bani Bu 'Ali, a large inlet the entrance to
which is masked by a black rock.
At mile 18, Jumailah village ; 25 households; fairly good
and plentiful Avater.
At mile 30, the large village of Lashkharah, 200 houses, a few
of stone but mostly huts. Fairly good water-supply ; 50 fishing
boats and 1 samhak. Here starts Route Xo. 75, Lashkharah-
Kamil.
3 RAS JIBSH .. 31m. About south-west.
The route lies over low
85 m. sand hills.
R is Jibsh, a small sandy point, having immediately above
it a hill about 100 feet high and covered nearly to the summit
with white drift sand. On the centre peak are the remains of
an old tower. On the south -western slope of the hill is a village
containing about 60 inhabitants. In clear weather Jabal
Ja'alin is visible all the way from Lashkharah to R^s.Tibsh. Tb
is 3,903 feat high, and is situated 48 miles to the north of Ras
Jibsh.
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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'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1:18, 1:644, 647:816, v-r:v-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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