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'Routes in Arabia' [‎319] (352/852)

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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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319
Route No. 89— contd.
Just before mile 2 it leaves it bearing east, pass Medal
and up the Furda pass on the approach to which are tall jujube
trees. The track runs along the crest of the ridge above the
village of Al-Kawlah of the Ahl-ba-Ras. Descending it re
enters Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Yashbum and keeps along its shingly bed through
rich cultivation, which is park-like and well-wooded with large
jujube trees. Said, a town with towers, is passed on the right
at mile 5, and Wasitah on the left. Track continues east and
enters a gorge, the wddi, here called Marbun, turning south.
At mile 8 track follows centre of 3 ravines, Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hebra, west-
north-west, for a mile, then turns south-west up a narrow
pass, descends into another ravine, ascends a long gentle slope
at the summit of which is the large cairn of Shaikh 'Obaid,
and descends to a level plain thinly wooded with mimosa and
' ushr. ' Crossing a small tributary of Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Mukbila, the path
passes the two small settlements of Serra and Ad-Dakhol and
curves er.st to As-Saina. Saina consists of two distinct vil
lages standing on a hill from north of the road. It is princi
pally inhabited by weavers and dyers. There is a small tract
of cultivation, and also several wells, which form the last ade
quate water-supply until Nisab is reached.
7 NISAB .. 28 m. Path crosses Midab
and Khumar, bearing
129 m. west-north-west across
the level but sterile and sandy plain of Jol-ad-Dabra; good
going. Through a gap in the foothills to the east may be seen
the towers of the Ahl-Hamam settlement of As Surr. Past
this village runs a track leading, according to native reports, to
the Hadhramaut valley in 5 days' march for a caravan. The
intervening district is said to be drifting sand and waterless.
Some miles beyond this point an isolated rock, Qarn-adh-
Dhib, lies to the left of, and about a mile from, the path, and
contains water after rain for some months. Beyond the
Qarn-adh-Dhib (the Wolfs Pock) the foothills bounding the plain
close in and form a defile. On passing the defile the Jol-al-
Mutti plain is entered, the track turns north, crosses and re-
crosses Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hanak, which it follows till the hills draw in again
on either side and the path rounding a mountain spur leaver
the wddi a::d turns east apross a sandy plain tp Nisab.

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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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