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'Routes in Arabia' [661] (692/852)
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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661
R oute N o , 184— contd.
but are not stony ; telegraph line 1,000 yards to right; low hili-
4 miles to right: at 4 miles open on left: on right closing diagons
ally on low hills 80 feet high and 500 yards distant; road good
and no longer sunken. At 5 miles pass burning hill on right,
100 yards off road ; at 5^ miles cross deep nullah, naphtha springs
on right bank, a little stream of bad water : enter hills and begin
to cross them diagonally ; road stony, pass on summit narrow,
15 feet wide and rocky ; marble and gypsum here ; road folloAvs
summit of hills for about U miles, strata tilted up in ridges almost
perpendicular, deep ravine on right, ground on right broken,
ridgey and raviney, road along summit bad and impassable for,
wheels : at 8 miles a kind of plateau, 1 mile long by half a mile
wide, country less broken ; at 9 miles cross small trickle of good
water: a few Arab huts and a ruined khan on the right. At 10 J
miles pass over summit of inner range of hills, very steep ascent
and descent for I mile on each side, very pebbly ; pass narrow, 12
feet Avide ; meet and cross telegraph line here. At 11|- miles
reach foot of hills with open cultivated plain in front extending
for about 10 miles in all directions : 5 or 6 small villages in plains
to right: after reaching bottom of hills the road turns to the left
and runs parallel to the hills and about 2 miles to the right of
them; road good and flat: cultivation on both sides. At 13
miles a small stream 10 yards on right, good water, small
copse on right. At 15^ miles pass small village on left U
miles off. Several villages on right, 2 or 3 miles off. At 16 miles
karez on both sides of road copse on right 100 yards oft goo 1
water here : telegraph line parallel ta road and 100 yarJs^off on
left. At 18 miles a mound on the right 100 feet high, also copses
about i mile from road: on the bft the telegraph line 1 100
yards distant and a small village 2 miles distant; cultivation on
both sides ; hills 4 miles off on left. At 20 miles cross small
stream, copse on right, ground undulating : at 21 miles pass 2
streams of water on right almost adjoining road, the larger one
indicated by a line of trees on its banks. At 23 miles, stony
downs which continue till Altun Kupri is reached; telegraph
line on left 1,000 yards away. The telegraph and the
road gradually converge on Altun Kupri. Enter Kupri by a
Chinese bridge with sharp cobbled stones, steep ascent and
descent: an abominable bridge, one arch span about 20 yards,
which is breadth of one stream. The river bifurcates here aid
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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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- Open Government Licence