Skip to item: of 852
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

'Routes in Arabia' [‎419] (452/852)

This item is part of

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. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

419
Route No. 111^— contd.
soue 1,41
tie Nftjl
■ low
the stream continues most of the way with grassy banks and low
tamarisk bushes, with fields of joivari and ba jri in terraces above,
and low foothills on either side. At mile H it enters the Wldi
Shabwa, a dry nullah bed with signs of water here and there.
At mile 3 Shabwa village is passed on the right or east, 200
feet above the river bed ; it contains 10 houses, 2 ddrs and a
white mosque perched on a hill. Here the track, still going
north, crosses a small plain and at mile 3| it fells into the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
'Aresma. The village of 'Aresma is passed at mile 4 on the east
side, some 100 feet above the tvadi bed, which is dry. Here
there is a well beneath two pipal trees in the wddi bed called
Bir Fusul, with 2 feet of water 15 feet below the surface; dia
meter of well 7 feet, good water.
This village is the last in the Haushabi (under British protec
tion) Territory; it consists of a dozen stone huts and a ddr on
a hill above. Just north-west of the village is an An^lo-Turkish
boundary pillar, 4 feet high, stone masonry, whitewashed, on
a spur. The boundary is said to run due east and west from,
it, but the adj; .cent pillars are not visible. Dhaba village with
its large white ddr bears west. A1 Humba, one ddr, west by
north Gelsa or Zub-Haqb, a large vertical rock on a conical hill
west-south-west.
The mosque on Jabal Am-Amma bears'north-north-west
and JabalJurban Lears west-north-west, the Mawiyah Naqll or
pass lying between them. The country eastward is an undu
lating plain called Habil Mukad for some 2 miles, beyond which
lies Jabal Humala.
The track now enters and continues in Turkish territory ;
it runs west for 3 miles to Dhaba over an undulating plain
through fertile and cultivated country bearing traces of a
good rainfall. At mile 5J the Ghail Nabth or Nabwa is crossed,
a grass y bog full of springs, which are led off in irrigation
channels, giving 3 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of gallons of water per 24 hours and said
to be perennial.
At mile 7 Dhaba is passed, some 300 yards on the west and
200 yards above the track. It consists of a whitewashed ddr
with a small hut attached, and below it is one large mosque with
one dome and another 10 feet lower down with f ,ur domes.
These can just be seen from Daraijah and would form a good
signalling post, as Naqil Mawiyah can also been seen from hero,
3h2
/

About this item

Content

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.

Written in
English in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

'Routes in Arabia' [‎419] (452/852), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/MIL/17/16/3, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023799991.0x000035> [accessed 28 March 2024]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023799991.0x000035">'Routes in Arabia' [&lrm;419] (452/852)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023799991.0x000035">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001d4/IOR_L_MIL_17_16_3_0452.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001d4/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image