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'Routes in Arabia' [578] (611/852)
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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578
R oute N o. 173 — contd.
on both sides lor 8 miles. Then the cliffs on the east give way
to open plain where there is a 3 or 4 miles stretch of acacia
trees. At about m. 20 a deep, open valley commences and then
a long glen;
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sani, is entered; it has a sandy bottom strewn
with volcanic drift. The route ascends continuously. At
m. 43 Qal'at-al-Muadhdham, a ruined and abandoned tower
and cistern.
12 QAL'AT DAR-AL- 36 m. South-south-east.
HA MR A. After a few miles the
267 ™. route passes through
a belt of acacia trees, and then traverses an open, sandy plain
bordered on both sides by hills.
The ground is strewn with volcanic drift.
Atm. 36 Qal'at Dar-al-Hamra, a ruined tower and tank.
The latter is dependent on rain water, and the supply is very
uncertain. Altitude 4,200 feet.
14 MADAIN SALIH 48 m. South-south-east.
_ (HAJAR). The route descends
j ^ , along ground of cragged
sandstone bestrewn with rice-like grains of quartz, known as the
Zhuk-al-Ajuz. The highest point reached is about 4,500 feet.
The route then descends along an easy shelvings and plain, and
enters a tract of sandstone crags and deep sands called Az-
Zalat. At about m. 25, JaMl Abu Taqah is passed on the
west of the route. Then a sandy depression, strewn with white
grams of quartz and surrounded by hills, is crossed. The route
runs through the hills, and at m. 39 negotiates a steep descent
between cliffs of sandstone, called Mubrakat-an-Naqa. It then
crosses a loamy sandy plain where there are a few scattered aca
cia trees.
At m. 48 Madain Salih, a tower and a cistern, 54 by 66 bv 18
feet. The water, which is raised from a well, 26 feet, by a Persian
wheel worked by mules, is bad and the supply poor. R. S.
16 AL- ALI 39 m. South-by-east.
~T The route runs over
m ' , , country which is appa
rently a sandy plain with outcrops of rocks.
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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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- Title
- '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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