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'Routes in Arabia' [‎487] (520/852)

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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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487
R oute N o . 128 {h)~nonclcL
Supplies. —Plentiful. Fruit and vegetables of varied kinds
in abundance. The market gardens of Bir-al-Azab supply
the bulk of the vegetables which are consumed mostly by the
Turks. Raudhah district supplies large consignments of purple
and white grapes daily from June to November. Walnuts and
peaches from J. Haddah. Meat plentiful but badly butchered ;
the Jew butchers are far more expert than the Moslems, and
cleaner, as are also their bakers. European bread not obtainable
except from Military bakeries.
Fodder. —Wheat and barley (chaff and bran); lucerne is
grown in abundance outside the city; grass is obtainable from
the uplands. Horses do well. Stabling scanty and bad ■
Water. Excellent. There a?e wells innumerable throughout
the town, and every house and garden in Bir-al-Azab has its well
for irrigation and drinking purposes. These wells are worked
by bullock, camel or both, at a single or double wheel. Depth
to surface of water about GO feet. North of Sana'a from under
the walls of Bir-al-Azab flows a perennial brook used exhaustive
ly for irrigation——it is known as the Alaf. South of Sana a
across the broad level flats towards the city flows another small
er brook, a mere ditch which is exhausted among the suburban
gardens east of Bab-al-Balakah before entering the city. The
dry nullah that crosses Sana'a town becomes a broad stony
wddi north of the city and is known as the Ska "6; along it passes
on- of the northern roads from Sana'a. This wddi swings north
east many miles past Raudhah and drains eventually into the
Wddi Kharid. , . , , ,
Climate.—Dvy and bracing. Sana a city is not healthy owing
to defective sanitation ; mosquitoes occur in Bir-al-Azab. Rain
fall from June to September usually adequate, but this year
(1913) rains have been short at Sana'a and in the immediate
neighbourhood. . m i .i
The health of the inhabitants is not good. They dress m
sheepskin poshteens for the chill of the morning and keep these
on during the heat of the day. Coughs, colds and bronchial
troubles result, and there is a tendency to phthisis among the
poorer classes. There were 200 Turkish soldiers in hospital
in September out of a stated total garrison of 5,000. Tins is
considered an abnormally small proportion. Cases were chiefly
fever (ague and malarial), many of which were imported and
not contracted locally. The mortality among troops is said
to be high. _

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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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