'Routes in Arabia' [287] (320/852)
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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287
Route No. 78— concld.
souls. -Water, brackish and indifferent, from wells in the"
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Murbat, but about 5 miles to the westward there is a mountain
stream of good water which descends to within a few hundred
yards of the shore. Firewood, and some cattle and goats, a
very few camels and donkeys. Landing is impossible here in the
south-west monsoon. There is a nominal garrison of 20 'askaris
in the service of the Sultan of 4 Oman.
ROUTE No. 79.
F rom DHUFAR to 'OMAN PROPER.
710 miles. 30 days.
Authority. —Persian Gulf Gazetteer, 1908.
A land route connects Salalah, the capital of the Dhufar
district, with Adam, in 'Oman Proper, but it is an arduous one.
Water in some parts is only met with at intervals of two marches.
The route starts from Hafah and leaves Dhufar by
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Jarziz,
traverses the district called Qatan behind Jabal Samhan,
approaches the sea at Jazir, and then bears direct for Adam,
passing on the way through a locality called Dhahr. About mile
55, a track joins in from the coastal hamlet of Taqa.
There is no direct route between Dhufar and Central Arabia.
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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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