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'Routes in Arabia' [720] (751/852)
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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R oute N o. 201 —contd.
The only means of crossing the river on 18th April 1910 was
a single small kilik or raft, supported on 16 skins. It was said
that there was no other ferry at all near, either up or down
stream. The raft in crossing drifted I to | of a mile down stream
and reached the opposite side at the off-take of a canal called
Kashawul, leading in the direction of Zangabad. The breadth
of the stream where it Avas narrowest, in crossing, was about 150
yards ; and the general direction of the river was from north to
south. The ferrying over of two travellers with their servants
and baggage took three hours, as the raft had to make more
than one journey. The cost was about 17 shillings. The un
loaded mules crossed by themselves, swimming in one place in
a line more direct than that taken by the raft.
9 DAKKAH-ZANG- Ghrs. From the landing
ABAD FERRY. 22 mts. place on the west bank
_ Zangabad bore west-
south-west ana the Ban Sanduq hills extended round from
north-west to nearly north. Marwari peak was still at east-
north-east.
The time taken from the landing place to Zangabad village
was half an hour by riders and 40 minutes by baggage. The
way lay across ordinary open ground and fields.
10 ZANGABAP .. / or 7^- The main village
hrs. of Zangabad consists of
„ , , , about 200 houses of
Zangabad Kurds, and there is a small suburb about ' of a mile
to the westward. There are a few Jews. The Kurdish inhabit
ants were friendly and accommodated us two European travel
lers on the roof of a mosque. There are fine gardens here, belong
ing formerly to the Sultan's Civil List, but now to the Turkish
Government. Irrigation is from two water-cuts ; one on the
east of the village, which perhaps »comes from the Diyalah, and
one on the west known as the Saidalan Qarah Tappah-Zang-
a bad, which may be from the west.
On this day's journey we passed through tome remarkably
crops, with flowers of various sorts, including clover.
*My notes about these are not very clear, J, o. L,
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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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