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'Routes in Arabia' [434] (467/852)
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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484
Rotjte No. 115— contd.
camel transport throughout. Several bad places cause delay to
transport. The route enters the Subaihi territory at the Naqrl
Madraja, which is crossed in stage 2 ; cross several difficult
ravines m stages 2 and 3. Cross Am Fidna pass in stage 4.
Pass a deep gorge in stages 6 and 7, but no great delay to trans-
T T- enerallyCaSy TOnte with fairl y g ooci going. Travers
ed m 1904 by the Boundary Commission, 300 men, 300 camels,
and a section camel guns.
Water. • Stages 1, 2, 5, 7, 8—Good and Abundant.
Stage 3—Scanty; reserve should be carried.
Stage 4—Sufficient but brackish.
Stage 6—Fair quantity.
Fuel.— ")
Borage. j Generally plentiful.
Grazxng.—Fov camels, excellent in last three stages.
Supplies. In small quantities from villages, cattle, sheen
goats, gram and other local supplies.
No. of Btage 1
and total ( rwoii,,
distance. Details.
DAR AQQAN .. 8ee iRoute No 10g
1 DARMINJARA gjm. From Dar Aqqan.
91 m. , Ro . ut ® 112 > sta g e »
as mile SJ, where the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hidaba joins the WadiWrT ^
Leaving the Aqqan the Hidaba valley is followed in a Smth
westerly direction. On both banks are villages wifh nnU . J
land around them Da r Mbjara i,
Dar Aqqan. A village and dar on the left bank of theW^T
at its junction with the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Naqll. Water, good and pknS
from a sprmg and a well. There are two other wells of inS +
water. A fourth well Just below the iS
but might be improved. Forage and ordinarv supplies in
rate quantities. Fuel from the nullahs around '
.Several paths converge here. A sood fraoh 1^,1
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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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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