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'Routes in Arabia' [558] (591/852)
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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558
R oute N o. lG5—contd,
Watef. After rain, plentiful throughout. Good perennial
supply from springs at Khaibar, stage 2; and from nuraerons
wells at Baaclha NatM, stage 8. Probably sufficient water
throughout for a small caravan at any season of the year.
/' uel and Fodder.—Both, fairly plentiful, except in the harrah.
There are, however, a few trees and bushes in the Ash-Shotb
ClGIt, St-clffG t).
Supplies.—En route, nil.
No. of stage
and total
distance.
HADIYAH
KHAIBAR
43 m.
Details.
See Route No. 178,
Damascus-Madinah.
43 m. East-north-east.
The route runs up the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-at-Tubbj (or
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-
„ " r:,, > , , vvaui -at -iUDbj (or
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-
as-bulsilla), and on the second day out enters the Harrat
Khaibar, which takes four days to traverse. The harrah consists
of great waves and crags of lava, over which the going, in spite
of the numerous jildrdn, or camel-paths, is very bad indeed
Khaibar, a large village consisting of three suqs, surrounded
with palm trees, and containing a fort and a mosque, and about
1,000 inhabitants mostly of African descent. Abundant water
from springs which are warm and slightly sulphurous, but not
brackish. No supplies.
8 BAIDHA NATfilL .. 122 m. North-east by east.
~~~ On leaving Khai-
' , , , . bar the route conti
nues over the harrah, keeping to the north of the Jabal Atwa •
after ascending to a height of nearly 5,000 feet deep cleft in the
harrah known as Ash-Shotb is crossed. The track then passes
to the south of Ja al Ithnan, and after a ride of 17 hours the
eastern edge of the harrah is reached. From Ash Shoth
ravine the wild crags of the Jabal Hajjur are seen about 25 miles
to the north-west. r l he route then turns north of Jabal Bothra
and Jabal Ithmad, and passing to the south of a watering-place
called Ybba '^y^an^runs over a granitic plain to Baidha
IS athil where Route No. 169, Tayma-Hail, is joined.
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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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