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'Routes in Arabia' [668] (699/852)
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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66S
R oute N o. l^—contd.
Supplies.—Scarce throughout, except livestock, which is
plentiful.
No. of stage
and total
distance.
Details.
1 HA MM AM A LI .. 15 m. On leaving Mosul pass
through cemetery; for
m. 5 miles country is
open, low hills on right about 60 to 100 feet high : on left, river
from 1,000 to 100 yards off : road, hills* and river gradually con
verge and meet at 5 miles : much cultivation : for fifth mile there
is a stream on the left about 100 to 200 yards frOm road, from
10 to 20 feet wide and 3 feet deep. After 5 miles road turns
half-right and ascends hills by a very stony and rocky road,
leaving the river on the left. For about 11 miles road continues
rocky and stony. At 5J miles pass village on left 200 yards from
road, with a mud and brick fort about 100 yards north of village.
This fort commands the road where it enters the hills and is
about 60 by 50 yards, with two towers, walls about 20 feet high.
On the right of the road and 160 yards from it is a deep rocky
ra\inc, 100 feet deep, but passable for all arms. At 6h miles
reach top of downs and begin to descend ; road a little better,
but soon gets rocky and stony again, cultivation on right. At
' m ^ es descent ends ; the road improves and goes along
bottom of open valley, 500 yards wide and 100 feet deep. At
1 4 miles, small village on left on crest of hill and 500 yards from
roacL drj watercourse on left, 100 yards from road, 50 feet wide
by 15 feet deep. At 9£ miles, river on left at 600 yards distance.
At 10! miles road again rocky and stony, river on left 1,000
yards off : big village on far bank 2,000 yards off. At 11 jr miles
pass village named Lezada, 100 yards on left, with a khJn ; roai
up and down and very stony and rocky, river 300 yards on left.
At 121 ""les touch river on left and' keep along bank for U
miles ; road good. At 13 miles road flush with river on left;
on right, village 1,100 yards off : on the left river 200 vardsoff:
much cultivation. At 14^ miles village on right l.OJJ yards
o on rising ground on the left river 1,000 yards off; road good,
en tivation both sides. At 15 miles Hammam Ali and 2 mounds
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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'
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- 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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