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'Routes in Arabia' [648] (679/852)
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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648
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Ron tr No. 1 82—-nondd.
At mil' 10, country is opsn, flat, featureless and covered
with cam3l-thorn. General direction now south-south -west.
At mile 11 .j, cross a nala; crossing easy for all arms; 220
yards farther on, on the left of the road, pass a deep brick well,
.jo txet deep, 8 teet m diameter, containing good water.
_ 2 ABU GHURAIB 16 m. Route runs slightly
" " south of west.
27i m.
. . At m 1 ile 6 soil becomes very sandy. Scanty shrubs of tama
risk replace e irnel-thorn. General character of soil hitherto
nas been a s vidy clay.
At mile 9, cross a large ruined canal and enter a barren dusty
plain. J
At mile 12, cross several canals of good water.
At mile 1(5, reach Abu Ghuraib ; customs station. Here
are two large walled khans and two smaller ones with accom
modation for 400 men and 200 horses; grain in large quantities
is stored here. The site of the place is high, dry, and gravelly
i he surrounding country is cultivated on all sides and marshy
in places ; many small canals in the neighbourhood.
^ FALLUJAH .. 16 m. Route now runs west-
north-west. t
a i• iU ' , , At mile 3, country un-
noith ng ' shingle ; cultivated on south, barren on
At mile 9|-, route passes over shingle.
At mile 16, Fallujah, large village, with houses of mud and
bnck, built on the left bank of the river. Population, 630 souls
Ihero is a sarai a telegraph office, and a mosque ; it is connected
by telegraph with both Aleppo and Baghdad. On the left bank
brigad" 0 V ge there 18 a g00d cam P in g ground for a
The Euphrates is here spanned by a bridge of 25 boats, the
roadway being 10 feet, and the bridge itself 12 feet wide. Hand-
w tST' i g f ln bad stafce of repair - each boafc is about
30 ft et long and 11 feet wide, and 5 feet deep. The breadth
^ hn„r 3 the t brid ^ i3 22 7 yards, with a current of U miles
an hour and an extreme depth of 25 feet.
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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'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1:18, 1:644, 647:816, v-r:v-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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