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'Routes in Arabia' [‎681] (712/852)

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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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681
R oute N o. 185— concld.
difficult for guns. Soon after another similar water-cut with a
palm-tree bridge only 3 feet wide. At 6^ miles reach the river
Tigris, here 150 yards wide : and follow bank of river on dyke.
This route is in my opinion impossible for guns or carts, but
?«(( possible for infantry or cavalry in file. The cart road or
track, which should in my opinion be followed by any large
body or by any party of men with much transport, goes roughly
^ parallel to the river at a distance of about 3 miles from it, thus
as? avoiding all water-cuts and such obstacles, and presenting no
i* difficulties. At 11 miles the road I followed leaves the raised
dyke on the bank of the river and crosses an open level plain
to Kadhimain (to cut off a bend of the river). At 13 miles
and again at 14£ miles the road and country are very boggy and
would be altogether impassable in wet weather. Several small
and easy water-cuts are passed on nearing Kadhimain, which
is in the telegraphic communication with Baghdad by a double
wire and by a badly-laid and badly-maintained horse tram-
• line.
ROUTE No. 186.
F rom BAGHDAD to KHANlQlN.
95 miles. 7 marches.
This is the main caravan route from Baghdad into Persia.
Much of the Indian trade goes by it, and it is also an important
pilgrim route. The track goes nearly parallel with, and
crosses, the Diyalah river level with the Diyalah river
which it crosses, at Ba'qubah at mile 33, by a ferry. The
track then keeps north-east by Shahraban and Qizil Rubat to
Khanaqin which is reached at mile 95. The Persian Frontier
is about a mile east of the town. For fuller details, see Route
No. 200,
ROUTE No. 187.
F rom TIKRIT to KIRKUK.
73 miles. 6 marches.
The first march from Tikrit is north by east across an undu
lating tract of uninhabited desert. At mile 22, enter the small

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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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