'Routes in Arabia' [‎524] (557/852)

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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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524
ROUTE No. 146.
F rom JIDDAH TO MECCA.
■54 miles. n t
2 stages.
Authority. J. L. Burckhardt, August, 1814.
Epitome.
baggagr^imX^ 0 "' -1 ' 1 ' 8 r0Ut0 " pa8Sable at ^ 'or
H aier.—Always obtainable along this route,
this route. am0Unt 0f brushwood ^ obtainable along
Fodder. Scanty camel grazing is to be had
UmSrS ftmef 0 " J ' dd3h ^ Me0ea ' but
No. of stage
and total
distance.
Details,
JlDDAh. A walled seaport with two small forts. There are
two quayes, but large ships have to lie out 2 miles. There are
only two sweet wells in the town, and much of the wlter b
brought from wells about 1J miles away to the south ' Bad
water can be obtained anywhere at a depth of about 15 feet
xero is no cultivation. The population is about 20,000 Bacr'
gage animals (camels and donkeys) are numerous. There is a
g \ii ' Wltb waters kin and shoe shops
countrv UP V^ S + a w iml>0rted ' fr ^ overseas or from up-
and frnh Z lt T-if 0 ™ ^ hie % , fro m the Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Fatimah,
and fruit from the hills round Mecca and Taif. The principal
millet rke Si 6 ia thC 6 ? r f re whoat ' barley, beans, lentils,
fresh sunnlv nf f ' ' Ugar ' g ' T rait ' ve S etables ' dates, the
iresn supply of wmch comes in June.
1 ^ADDAH .. 28 m. East by south. The
28 -j-j route leaves Jiddah by
ZZt?^ ht T b mUM
r? o y i 8tron g 1 y impregnated-With salt.
At m. 8 Raghamah, a coffee hut and well.
Ihe route then enters a broad and winding vtfley among the

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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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English in Latin script

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Reference: IOR/L/MIL/17/16/3
Title: 'Routes in Arabia'
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1:18, 1:644, 647:816, v-r:v-v, back-i
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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