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'Routes in Arabia' [291] (324/852)
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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291
Route No. 80— contd.
7 DAMQUT .. 40 m. West-south-west.
The coast along here
^ nl is known as Sailikot.
Here the highlands of Jabal Qamar fall back somewhat from
the sea and the ground over which the route lies descends to the
coast in long shelves covered with grass and trees.
At mile 4, KharTfot, a village of 30 houses in a fertile valley;
there is a stream of running water, and at the mouth ot the
valley a date grove. About 100 sheep and goats ; no boats.
At mile 10, Thalf5t; a date grove. , , , A r
At mile 2U, the headland and hamlet of Dharbat AH.
At mile 27, Haul ; village and tower.
At mile 29h Judab, a village built under some rocks.
Damqut, the only seaport in Qamar Bay, which egins a ou
here. The village is situated at the western extreme of Jaba
Qamar on an irregular plain about a mile square bounded on all
sides, except the sea, by almost inaccessible mountains. Damqut
consists of about 90 mud houses, with a popuktion of about
400 souls. They have a small export trade in ghi, hides, and gum
and possess many small boats in which they occupy themselves
shark-fishing during the fine season. Damqut is the eastern
limit of the Mahra tribe.
o TAUHARI •• 26 m. West by south. Ac
ross the narrow plain
between the ' Atub
range'and the shore of Qamar Bay. Occasional patches of sand
are passed.
At mile 30, cross
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Shaghwut which reaches the sea
between the 'Atub and Fatk ranges ; near its mouth is a small
hamlet with some cultivation.
At mile 15|, the Fatk mountains approach close to the sea,
and then trend west- north-west. , , , . ,
Jauhari, a village of a few huts round a white tomb about
3 miles from the beach.
9 GHAIDHAH •• 23 m. South-west. Along
low-lying coast. At
IsiTm mile ^ villa 8 e of
'Irub.
2n2
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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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