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'Routes in Arabia' [667] (698/852)
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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667
K otjte No. 184— comc H.
There is a metalled road for about a mile before reaching the
bridge over the Tigris. The bridge is on the outskirts of the
town and there arc practically no houses on the left bank. The
bridge is of brick Avith 29 large arches of about 15 feet span and
a few small ones at each end. The bridge is not long enough
and is linked to the right bank by a bridge of boats (17 in number).
In floods the bridge is useless and ferry boats are used, punt-
shaped, 24 feet long and 8 feet wide'and 4} feet deep : there are
30 such boats available.
Sheep .. .. .. 1,500^
Kine 618 Sizing en rovte.
Donkeys .. .. .. 100J
ROUTE No. 185.
F rom MOSUL to BAGHDAD (via the right bank of the
Tigris).
235 miles. 13 stages ; 20 days' march.
Authority. —Lieutenant-Colonel Newmarch, spring of
1903.
Epitome.
General Description.—Tins route is impossible for guns or
carts, but is practicable for infantry and also for cavalry. The
cart-track, which should be followed by troops, goes roughly
parallel to the river at a distance of about three miles from
it, thus avoiding all water-cuts and such obstacles and presenting
no difficulties.
This route is nearly 60 miles shorter than the other land
route.
Water. —Plentiful except between Shergut and Sharamiyah
(stages 3 and 6), where there is practically none that is
drinkable.
Fuel and JE^odder. —Plentiful except between stages 3 and 5.
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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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