'Routes in Arabia' [444] (477/852)
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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444
Eoute No. 116— concld.
A Tinned tower near the seashore and 1 well, 'mile inland
Lontajiife about 2 feet brackish wftter but refills "quickly. As'
this place Mould be used only in connection with embarka
tion etc. there should be no difficulty in landing sufficient
good drinking water for troops, the well being left to animals
><o forage on the spot but moderate supply could be collected
rom 1 man, Am Mabiyah, etc. (see Routes Nos. 119 and 112)
m average season Some 300 camels were supplied from these'
place* fm I month (April and May, 1904). WHl watered 100
to 40O camels without giving out. Another well, same d,-
iscnpnon and ca^city, Bu -al-Mahaija, 21 miles to east-north-easl
^ «1R 'UZAF .. 18 in. The track continues
(^4 j,, a north of west,
lino closely, and never more than | mile^fronfit • hard d^Prf
with smal 1 thorn trees a short way inland. At mile 3, Bir Huiai
mab is passed, shallow spying with brackish water. U mile
lb HisuT R im f S T' 8hallow ' Smal1 8U PPly, brackish; at mile
I if -Hi.swat Ha jaf, the same ; at mile ifi^,,... < i- ,,
These springs wght ,vater a^ut 60 camA 'eLT'
Bn > zaf is a shallow well, some 4 feet deep, with good
Jicsh Vvate,. goats W g re observed watering: It would
probably supply from 100 to 200 camek No inhabitant
but rnmvkymt the woll daily. A few shoe,, and
be bought, and forage obtained with notice fr f
Aiabiyah (Route Xu, 122). ' '
SI (TURBA) A,,I) " m - colltir ' ues
105ro. ' RBA, ■ th « "r 4 '
Snqaiyah. mile 4, a deep well with fairTnpply
Wtah water. Thence the traek follows tile coast li'ne Sh
To , .n't i T Hal ' 18 I wssed at mite 11 an d the hamlet of Turba
30 mat huts, just beyond which is the Turkish forf nf w '
Mwad reached at mile 12. A well; both Eir Hali ajd Bir Turba
yield a scanty supply ol brackish water and the Turkish garrison
The telegraph station omShVafd ICtheZ^rsiKth''
promontory, about three miles from the fort, which 1' tteri «
the point where the Anglo-Turtish boundary mecL tte Jl
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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.
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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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- 'Routes in Arabia'
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