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'Routes in Arabia' [‎603] (636/852)

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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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Route No. 177— contd.
No. of stag#
and total
distance.
Details
SUEZ .. .. Cross Suez Canal.
SHATT .. .. Coastguard post and
quarantine station. No
wells; water brought
from Suez in boats and steamers. Good road for infantry
across sandy undulating plain—passable for wheeled transport ;
grazing for camels.
7 BIR MURR .. .. Shallow well—brack-
ish water—never dry.
Telephone wire joins
7 m.
the route here and follows it to Nakhl.
14 WADI A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. UMM MITLA ..
21 m.
13
SUDR-AL-HAIT AN
34 m.
here to Mufraq.
14
Rough going.
Good hard going,
stony as a rule, a motor
could be driven from
48 m.
3
51 m.
6
57 m.
two miles to north.
10
67 m.
the west of Xakhl
10 NAKHL
77 m.
level Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Arish
Cross Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -al-Ghy,
dry about | a mile
wide.
Cross Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -as-Sahai-
mi, nearly 2 miles wide.
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -an-Natta, a
narrow umli that joins
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. -as-Sohaimi about
Cross Wadis Abu
Kanadu and Abu Gidil,
and enter the hills to
; pass An-Nadhain.
A gradual descent
over open undulating
ground across the wide
into Xakhl; little vegetation. Road is good

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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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