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'Routes in Arabia' [323] (356/852)
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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323
ROUTE No. 90. m
(a) From SHUQRAH to NISAB (via MIS-HlL).
122 miles. 9 stages.
Authorities and Dates. —Mr. J, T. Bent, March, April,
1897 ; Mr. G. W. Bury, Feb
ruary, 1899; Lieutenant
Kensington, January 1904.
Epitome.
N. B. —Beyond Ad-Dakhlah this route has been condensed
and arranged in route form from Mr. Bury's account of his
journey and from his book The Land of Uz, and the distances
have been measured on the map made by him. Details as to
water are very scanty. It is therefore impossible to give any
estimate of amount procurable or say whether the route is
correctly staged. Mr. Bury's and Lieutenant Kensington's
estimates of the distances from Shuqrah to Rahwat-al-Makana
and thence to Mis-hal differ somewhat. Lieutenant Kensington's
estimate has been followed ; Mr. Bury's being 13 miles for
•stage 1 and 14 for stage 2.
General Description. —General direction is east-north-ervst.
This is a slightly shorter route to Nisab than Route No.
89 as it is more direct from the coast but it is more difficult
on account of the bad water-supply in the first three stages,
and the bad nature of the pass across the Kaur range between
Dathinah and Dhahir, which is only fit for donkeys. For the first
stage the track is bad, leading as it does through rough country
into the hills of the coast range and thence by a steep and narrow
pass, the Rahwat-al-Makana, on to the plain of Jahain at 17
miles. Once this upland is reached the track is firm and good, fra-
versing the plains of Mis-hal and of the Ahl-as-Si di as far a4
Al-Mijdaat 55 miles, except for about 2| miles of bad going over
loose stones after mile 23 where the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-an-Nakh'ain is reached.
The 18 miles of stages 5 and 6 across the Kaur are very difficult,
and must only be attempted with donkeys. Crossing the Dhahir
plateau from Sauma'ah the track in stage 7 again becomes
difficult for anything but donkeys or lightly laden hill camels for
some 5 miles along an 'aqabah until the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Khaura is entered
2p2
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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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