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'Routes in Arabia' [‎405] (438/852)

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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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405
Route No. 109 {a)—concld.
Humaira a path branches west and ascends steeply to Balas
and Kama.
Other routes on Jcibal Jihdf.
aqU-ash-SM mcr, or Naqlt-ad - Dakar. —From near 01 Sumaid
in the Ash-Shiraf district a steep footpath ascends from below
the spur of Ad-Dahar. The path is very stony and winding,
and the ascent is a trying one of about 1,000 feet before the
path debouches on the cultivated valley in which Ash-Shima
(about 15 wells water good and plentiful), Al-Madad, etc., are
situated. When the Turks had a garrison on Jabal Jihaf, they
used to send mules up and down this naqil.
Naqll-al-Haib. —The only approach on the north side of
Jihaf which is practicable for camels. The ascent begins near
the village of Hadans, in the Dakkam country, and is a very
tedious one of fully 2,000 feet in 3 miles. The path reaches the
summit of the western, Sabra, ridge, near the villages of Al
Haib and Kumala, but there is still rocky ascent of 200 feet
before the village of Yakub Lakma on the Jihaf plateau is
reached.
The following are steep footpaths only :—
Naqll Mativat. —-From Matwat to AlHakl.
Naqll J aim, —Up the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Saiwat to Jabal Manara.
Naqll-ad-Danaha. —From Danaba on the east up to Al-
Madad.
NaqU-al-Muraijaha. —From Al Hand near I)hall' to Aifar.
There are also a few steep approaches from the Humaidi
country, on the south-west.
• A caravan route leads west from the Dhali' plain into Turk
ish Yemen, through the Dakkam country north of Jabal Jihaf
and up the Tiban valley and branches to Ibb and Ta'iz.
(6) F rom KARNA TO WADI A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. TABAGHAIN.
About 10 miles.
Authority. —Military Report, 1905.
Epitome.
General Description. —General direction, south. Very little
information about this route. The track runs down the valley
of the Al-Bun to the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Tabaghain.

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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.

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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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