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'Routes in Arabia' [‎432] (465/852)

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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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432
ROUTE No. 114.
From AM-RIJA to NOBAT DAKlM via WADI A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
ALASAN.
341 miles. ^ stages.
Authority. —Military Eeport on the Aden Protectorate,
1905.
Epitome.
General Description.— General direction north-west. Suit
able for camels and mule transport. The going is generally
heavy over sand till the Tiban river is crossed in stage 3. J-hen
a good kacha road over hard stony uplands into rsobat
Dakim. . , . ....
Water. —None in stage 1. After that m fair quantities.
Fuel. —Fairly abundant throughout.
Forage. —None in stage 1. A little at stage 2. Alter
that in moderate quantities.
Supptie*. — N one till the latter half of stage 3. when ordi
nary country supplies can be got in small q-.ian title i from v:l-
lages.
Details.
AM-RIJA .. Roi,te 113 '
stage 2.
1 Camp, WADI A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. ALASAN (L) 9| m. The track
leads north-east,
9| m crossing the bed of
the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Am-Rija to the left bank at mile 1. Thence oyer low
hills, a hard track to mile where the dry Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hamath is cross
ed. Thence up a very steep track on to a plateau of deep sand
Across this plateau and over a succession of rolling sand waves.
At mile 4 the path turns east and goes down a very heavy
descent into the dry bed of the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Kuzan, at mile 4|. Across
the hard bed of the wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. to mile 5, then up an easy slope on to
a plateau and across it to mile 5J. Thence a descent, bad going
over very heavy sand, followed by a very steep descent of 2G0
yards, very heavy sand, into the bed of the W adi Ala, an, at

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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.

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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English in Latin script
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