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'Routes in Arabia' [662] (693/852)
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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662
Route No. lU—contd.
the town is situated on the island in the middle: pass through
narrow bazar for 300 yards and then another similar but less
steep bnd g e of one arch over second branch of river. Popula
tion .3 000, about 600 houses mostly of mud, one fair khan on
far side of second bridge, no balakhana. Stream about 12 feet
k / oa CUr f nt 5 nulcs an hour » breadth of second stream
about 30 yards and depth about 10 feet, right bank low, left
bank steep ; there is a Mudlr here.
,S1 ) ee P .. .. 5,000^
?S ine • • • • 500 ( grazing en route.
Horses .. .. 200)
KUSH TAPA .. 18 m. At 1 mile, hill on left,
224 ^ miles off, 500 feet high ;
f -. , , , , , hills in a semicircle to the
nff ? u° n u t ' lowest on the 1 ' i g ht ' 011 right hills \ mile
off, 150 feet high; cultivation on both sides. At 11 miles" pass
copse on left of road. At 2 miles break through semicircle of
hills and cross small stream 20 feet wide, 1 foot deep ; downs on
either side 1 o0 feet high. At 2i miles cross smaU stream through
gap m downs, stream 20 feet wide, ] foot deep. At 3 miles
continue in valley between downs, valley 900 vards wide and
about the same in length. At 3| miles emerge from vaUey and
continue over undulating country; cross telegraph wire"here.
. ,, 1111 es ' a moun tain torrent on left, 90 yards wide, pebblv
bottom and about 2 feet of water in pools; fish here. Arab
farm; house on right bank. At 5| miles pass angle of same
mountain torrent on left, 18 inches water ; stony downs ; village
I mile on right and another 3 miles on left. At 6i miles cross
Wire 011 f 0p of dmvns ' country open and' undulating.
. 4 mi (.s t ios.s Ulegiaph village on right 2 miles off, road good,
still on top ol downs; country undulating; at 13i miles no
.hangoin character of country or road. At 14 miles" village on
h!r, L n i' n" miles - At 15 iniIes - P ass hil1 on "ght
bank, called Kui lapa, 100 feet high on edge of road. At 15*
- - X ^ i ' lim } leavc Arbil load from Kush Tapa, which
was reached at 18 miles.
S ee P •• .. 3,000 ^
J" 1 ® • • .. 500 /
Donkeys .. , _ jqq r grazing en route.
Horses .. ^ qq j
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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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