'Routes in Arabia' [597] (630/852)
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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597
R oute N o . 176— contd.
Zazua', an artesian well in a bit of a hollow. Cultivation for
about 200 yards all round. Well about 6 feet deep, and always
contains water, which is rather salt.
At m. 12£,
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al-Hijiyah; usually dry, but contains
running water after rain.
At m. 15, Sha'ib Hijiyah; camped here. Road after
leaving 'Ain-az-Zazua' runs across the desert. Low hills on
southern horizon. Country very gently undulating. Stony
ground with occasional dry scrub, and in the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
bed green
grass that the camels eat.
7 (No name.) .. 31 m. General direction
about south-west.
j00 m On leaving Sha'ib-
al-Hijiyah, course of the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
is followed.
From m. 6|, the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
runs between low hills about 60 feet
high.
At m. 14, source of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al-Hijiyah.
At m. 25, Bedouin camp of about 10 tents of the Dalimah
tribe. About 250 sheep and goats. Water procured from
'Ain-al-Arnab, about 10 hours to the north-east. Country
becomes more undulating.
At m. 31, camped in a hollow basin a mile across, sur
rounded by hills about 80 feet high. All day ground rather
gravelly. Plenty of camel grazing. No water seen.
8 (No name.) .. 22 m. General direction
about south-west.
jg2 m Crossing desert all
day To m. 6, undulating; then level plain. Plenty
camel grazing. Passed some patches of quite green grass.
Camped at m. 22, near Al-Widian. No water seen. #
9 JAB AL F ARID AH. 20 m. General direction
about south-west.
202 m at m - 20 ' cam p ed -
Country all day gently undulating. Henty of camel grazing.
No water seen. Camp near big hill called Fandah.
10 (No name.) •• 14 m. General direction
_ about south-west.
2i6 m Route runs between
Jabal Faridah to the south-east and
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
'Anuj to the north-
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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.
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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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