'Routes in Arabia' [307] (340/852)
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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307
Route No. 85— contd.
On his return journoy, Wrede travollocl direct to KnaraibaU)
which he reached in 4 days from Sahwah.
k route no. 85.
(b) From KHARAIBAH to NAQAB-AL-HAJAR.
About 90 miles. 8 da y s -
Authority and Date. — Von Wrede, July, 1843.
The route runs generally south-west either along ^ edge
of the Hadhramaut plateau and crossing the Wfidi-ahHajar at the
end of 5 days ; or straight over the plateau and ^
Raidat-ad-Din at the end of the second day.
that in the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al-Hajar immense f orost3 of l
watered by a continually running stream that rises 4 days
journey north-west from the town of Hautan.
route no. 85.
(c) From SAHWAH to SAILAN.
136 miles. 0 (la ^ s '
Authority and Da^.-Native information.
This route runs about west-south-west along the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ro-kMvah (
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Rashab) which, in its upper reaches is called
wtdi Baihan. To the north
tanoe from it of a few ou ^ describes as an immense
Ahq«, or Bahr^s-SSfi, wmoh^Wre^ undulating hills, without
sandy plain, strewn wi „ pvpri i beds of quicksand com-
vegetation, and contami g. The
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Rakhiyah is
po id of an "rS Tiffed J coS wafer 5 The
sandy, but inhabited, a J be in the pl , oct . s8 ofjbeeoming
entire tract, however, apx ' ,
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Baihan into the
trfo'f th" 6 StS sTito i^he most important
town-l No Euro^iean'has ever traversed this route, but from
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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.
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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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