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'Routes in Arabia' [339] (372/852)
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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"Route No. 91— condd.
through a eanyon walled in by towering scarps 600' sheer.
Then it emerges into a well-wooded amphitheatre girt by
precipitous hills (which might be suitable for camp), which
again close in on the wddi forming a steep-sided gorge, with a
big pool in the middle of it and no way round. Gradually the
gorge disappears, the ivadi widens out and the track proceeds
through crops and tall clb trees of the agricultural belt which
lines the wddi sides. At the agricultural settlement of Abdan
the wddi takes the name of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Abdan. A short distance
above this settlement the territory of tho Ahl Rabiz is left
an I that of the Upper 'Aulaki is entered. The well-kept shrine
of Sidi Mabab (patron-saint of travellers) is passed and the
track passes down the broad Abdan valley through miles of
arable land until the wddi emerges on to the Nisab plain, whence
the track turns north across the plain to the town of ^islli.
Nis.lb, see Route No. 89.
ROUTE No. 92.
F rom NISAB to SHABWAH.
Distance, 2 days' journey.
Authority and Date. —Mr. G. W. Bury.
Epitome.
General Description. —The track * passes out of Hamami
territory and runs almost due north across the desert and the
desolate country of the Ahl Karab to Shabwah.
There is no water except at lyad.
The distances are not reliable, being only measured ott a
small scale map.
Details.
See Route No. 89. >
stage 9.
6 m. See Route 4 No 93.
2q2
No. of stage
and total
distance.
NISAB.
1
CAMP, HAID
0 m. MEGAH.
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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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- Title
- 'Routes in Arabia'
- Pages
- 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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