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'Routes in Arabia' [301] (334/852)
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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301
nouTE No. 83— mnrkh
At mile 12 Birk.
At mile 18, Al-Ghuz, a well. Here
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sanghur joins the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Adim on the right bank.
Along this part of the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
there are numerous villages
consisting of a tower with hovels gathered round them. They
are so close that one village can be seen from the next. They
have many flocks.
The route continues down the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
, and lies along a
stony river bed.
At mile 24 Sa'ah, a village.
8 SHI BAM •• 34 m. The route continues
down the valley in a
149 m _ northerly direction for
about 5 miles.
At mile 1 is an old fortress on a spur jutting out from the
olifts with a road cut up to it.
The
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
here is most fruitful. It contains a stream, called
Ghail 'Umar, and miles of palm groves.
At about mile 5 (altitude 1,450 feet) the route turns south
east up a side
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
, which gradually narrows to mere crack,
and at about mile 8 runs up a very steep ascent, cxtiemely
difficult for camels and horses.
The route then traverses a tableland (altitude 3,000 feet)
in a north-westerly direction, winding to avoid small irddis.
At mile 20, Farash, a few rough shelters ; water, and scanty
grazing. 1 . ,
The route runs north by west, and descends sharply into
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bin 'Ali, some 1,500 feet below the tableland.
At mile 25, Masra.
At mile 26, Jabra.
At mile 29, Bahzail; ruins.
At -mile 34, Shibam, situated on rising ground m the middle
of the narrowest part of the valley ; the clirfs on both sides ai c
within gunshot of the town. Tt has mud-brick walls wit
bastions and towers. The castle is especially large There are
about 600 houses, and the population is estimated at about
6,000. The water-supply is from numerous wells. There are
date groves and cereal cultivation.
Here Route No. 84, Mukalla-Shibam, joins in.
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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
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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