'Routes in Arabia' [304] (337/852)
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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304
Route No. 84— conid.
and eastwards to the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Adim. f i 'he route tlien turns north
west.
At mile 22, Kash.
In the vicinity arc the heads of many large wadis, which are
remarkable for the fact that the beds at their heads arc on prac
tically the same level as that of the main Hadhramaut valley
into which the wddis run.
The descent into these wadis is a sudden drop of a thousand
feet or more.
At mile 31, Al-Arfa.
At mile 39, Shariha.
At mile 43, Muhe.
The route* descends some 1,500 feot by a difficult but skilful
ly engineered footpath into the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al-Aisar. There is a
longer but easier route round for camels nearer the head of
the valley.
At mile 48, Khailah, a village with a castle, gardens and
palm groves. Altitude 2,015 feet.
6 HAJARAIN .. 17 m. North by west.
The route continues
103 m. down the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Aisar,
which is narrow.
At mile 2, Subaikh, and close by those of Haduf and Larsanah.
At mile
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Du'an joins
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al-Aisar on the left bank.
The madi is known from here onwards as the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Qasr.
At mile 6, Slf, a village and fort of sun-dried bricks, perched
on a rock.
At mile 8, Qaidun, at the mouth of the small valley coming
in from the left, a tributary of Wad i Qasr. Here there is the
grave of a celebrated saint; and near by a well-known saiyid
lives.
At mile 9, Al-Adi.
At mile 12, Namair.
At mile 17, Hajarain, situated on a lofty, isolated rock in the
middle cf the tcadi. A A T ery steep, winding, slippery road leads
up to the gate. The houses are very high and have loop-holes
and machicoulis galleries: they are built of sun-dried bricks
with straw in them. There are extensive ruins in the neigh
bourhood. Altitude, 1,780 feet.
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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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