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'Routes in Arabia' [679] (710/852)
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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679
Route No. 185— contd.
yards distance there is a depression in the ground 50 feet deep
which looks like the bed of an old river or canal: this depression
continues parallel to the road for about 4 miles. I think it is
an old bed of the Tigris. There is a good deal of cultivation on
both sides throughout this march. At 5 miles small water
channel 150 yards on left, bank 10 feet wide by 5 feet deep,
water 3 feet by 2 feet, good. At 8 miles the road passes over a
series of canals, some with water and some without, until Dujail
is reached. There are about 20 of these canals varying in width
from 40 feet to 10 feet and in depth from 20 feet to 6 feet. They
were nearly all crossed by palm-tree bridges 10 feet wide. They
are less frequent as Dujail is reached, and instead of crossing the
roads they tend to go more parallel to it. Dujail has 2,000
inhabitants and 1 khan in the centre of the town, with a bala-
khana of seven rooms. Supplies fairly plentiful, i.e., for 1 ,000
men and 500 horses for 1 day; water good and abundant.
Sheep .. .. .. 1,500^
Kine .. .. .. 150 ( grazing en rotde.
Goats .. .. .. 300 C
Horses .. .. .. 50 J
12 KHAN MUSHA- 16 m. The road is good
HIDAH. throughout with the
212 m. slight exception noted
below. The country is flat, the soil is sandy clay. For about
4 miles after leaving Dujail there are several canal-beds (most
ly dry and out of use), with banks on both sides of the road at
about 2,800 yards distance on the left and about a mile on the
right. At 2 miles 2 small canals (with water in them) are crossed
by palm-tree bridges : about 15 feet between banks and 10 feet
deep ; water 4 feet wide by 2 feet deep. There are some mounds
here on the left at 500 yards about 10 feet high, which continue
roughly parallel to the road for about 3 miles or more. For
the first half of the journey the country is interspersed with these
mounds and banks, but they lessen in size and number as Khan
Mushahidah is approached. At 7 miles pass a tomb with dome,
100 yards to the left, and then pass through lumpy mounds for
about J a mile, which are evidently the ruins of some town.
After this the country is flat and featureless. At 141 miles
there is a low and boggy piece of road for about 200 yards and
again at 15| miles for about 100 yards. There is a good deal of
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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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- '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
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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