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'Routes in Arabia' [‎547] (580/852)

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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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547
Route No. 158— conid,
acacia tree or tuft of rank camel grass. At mile 3, direction
changes towards the north-east; the country becomes undulat
ing and rise$ steadily.
At mile 16, (no name) a halting-place on a stony plain bounded
on the north by a wall of blackish rocks and on the south by the
sea. One mile to the west is Al-Musahhal, a miserable village
of mud hovels.
2 BIR SA'ID .. 34 m. South-east.
Route to mile 6 over^
50 m. a plain, intersected
with several streams flowing from the highlands in the east, and
covered with a scrub of acacia and tamarisk. The route in
clines towards the mountains. At mile 6, direction changes to
east, and route lies across perceptibly rising open country. At
mile 18 route enters a watercourse,- | mile wide, strewn with
pebbles and rounded stones and flanked by almost perpendicular
hills. The route continues in this watercourse to mile 24. Then
it crosses broken country, with rocky ridges, steep descents,
stony flats and dwarf palms to BTr Sa'id.
At mile 34, Bir Sa'id, a halting place with a deep hole dug in
a tamped hollow, and containing slightly brackish water. There
are no houses, and the only trees are a few thorn bushc s.
3 AL -HAMRA .. 14 m. North-east.
The route is very
m rough and winding,
and goes first up a valley which traverses a desolate country of
huge hills, barren plains and waterless valleys ; then winds
between mountains and granite hills, over broken ground flanked
bv huge blocks of stone and boulders.
At mile 14, Al-Hamra, or Al-Wasitah, a long straggling village
in the midst of rocks, and rough, stony mountains. To the
south is a watercourse, which comes from the plateau ot AJ-
Madlnah. There is a fort with an outer loopholed wall of hewn
stone. Clustered round it are palm leaf huts. Water of good
quality by digging a few feet below the surface of the water
course at the angles where the stream forms the deepest hollows ;
also from a fine spring of sweet water, which issues from the base
of the hill to the immediate south of the fort. U sual bazcir^ ot
a few shops, where grain, bread, rice, clarified butter, plantains,
etc., can be obtained. Date palms.

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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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