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'Routes in Arabia' [‎689] (720/852)

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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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689
" R ottte N o. 1 9)0—cmt(l.
Safhah, joins the channel. This creek is unfit for anything
bigger than light " ballams " or small motor boats.
From the junction of the Ma Sha'irah creek the Gurmat
Safhah continues in a westerly direction with an average
width of 100 to 150 yards for 6| miles to Muhammad-al-Habi
at which place it leaves the Euphrates main channel. "Depth
of water along this GJ-mile reach is ample, belts of date palms
extend along both banks throughout the reach, outside these
belts the'coimtry is liable to inundation, is richly cultivated and
is dotted with villages.
ROUTE via MEZLIK CHANNEL and SUK-ESH-
" SHEYUKH to MUHAHMMAD-AL-HABI.
between the Hammar Lake and Suk-esh-Sheyukh and
although not a good steamer channel like the Haqiqah, it
would, if the bar at its mouth were dug out, form a valuable
alternative route between the Hammar Lake and Muhammad-
al-Habi during the low season when steamers are unable to cross
the Lake, as for the rapid transit of light craft it has the ad
vantage, not only of being somewhat shorter than the Haqiqah
route, but also of possessing a good tow path the whole way
from the Hammar Lake to Suk-esh-Sheyukh, and, in addition,
the rapids at the Haqiqah Dam are avoided. The entrance
to the Mezlik Channel from the lake is difficult to locate in flood
season. There is at the entrance a bar 150 yards in length, with
a depth of only 15 inches of water in August, as against a mini
mum of 3 feet throughout the rest of the channel. This bar is
composed of soft black mud and it should not be a difficult matte
No. of stage
and total
distance.
Details.
4 (a) ALTERNATIVE TO
STAGE 4.
The Mezlik Channel is
the normal route followed
by "mahailahs" plying

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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.

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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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English in Latin script
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