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'Routes in Arabia' [717] (748/852)
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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f 717
ROUTE No. 201.
F rom KHANAQlN to MOSUL.
Authority arid date—J. G. Loriraer, April and May,
1910.
KHANAQlN We left Khanaqm at
TO 10-30 a.m . and marched
ZANGABAD. for I 5 minutes along
the right bank of Alwand. The Alwand hereabouts is 20 to 30
yards broad and generally fordable. We next crossed fiat lands,
fallow, etc., for 5 minutes. We then crossed (first) a hollow
called' Darwanjik, coming from the hills on the north, and
(second) a canal called Qulah, 20 feet wide, with water 3 feet
deep, coming from the westwards.
1 st Station . 20 mts. From this point Kha-
naqin lies to the south
east. To the north-east
at i a mile is a village, Kawazi. To the south-west, at £ of a
mile is the tomb of 'Abbas on a mound. About due west, at 1
mile', is the village of 'Aliyawah, 100 houses of miscellaneous
Kurds. Just beyond this point the Qulah canal is spanned
by an aqueduct 4 feet broad.
2nd Station . 35 mts. We proceeded for 15
minutes. To the south
by west from the point
then reached lies Muhammad Shair Baig village, small, at J a
mile. At one mile or more, in line behind it, is Aliyawah, already
mentioned, on a ridge which appears to run north-west and
south-west. To the east-north-east at 1J miles is village Husain,
50 houses of Shair 'Amariyah Kurds. To the north-north-west
at 3 miles, is Imam Bawa Mahmud, a tomb on a light-coloured
mound. Two palm groves are visible, one on each side of the
mound'; they belong to Mustafa
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
of the Bajalan Kurds.
Behind the groves is said to be a village, Bawa Palau or Bawa
Falawi, 150 houses of miscellaneous Kurds. To the north-west-
bv west is a village. Shaikh Hasan, 50 houses of Arabs. (This
village is upon the road further on.) To the north-west by north,
at about 10 miles is the red peak of Marwari Hill, near Dakkah.
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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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