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'Routes in Arabia' [721] (752/852)
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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721
Koute No. 201— contd.
ZANGABAD TO SALA- We proceeded for 28
HIYAH (or KIFRI) minutes to Ban SandQq
1 BAN SANDUQ 25 mts. village, 40 houses
Zangabad Kurds, which is on the road.
From here Zangabad bore south-south-east, and a village
Shaitapanah, 25 houses of Zangabad Kurds, west by south. In
the plain, about one mile west of Zangabad, is Tappah Qr&n, a
remarkable eminence like a Babylonian or Assyrian mound.
Amidst the crops by the way stood wild hollyhocks in flower,
and here and there a quail rose from them.
2 nd Station 40 mts. After 15 minute 8
more Zangabad lay t 0
the south-east and B5n
Sanduq village a little to the east of south-east, Qran Tappah
to the south-south-east, Shaitapanah to the south-south-west, at
about 2 miles and Marwari peak to the east. This station is
on a neck of low hills. Just beyond it is a ruined village on the
left side of the road.
After 15 minutes we reached Tazashan village, 30 houses of
Zangabad Kurds. After 12 minutes more we halted.
3rd Station 1 hr. 7 mts. From the place
reached Zangabad lies
a little east of south-east.
A little to the west of south-south-west, at 1 mile, is Hajilar
village, 70 houses of Zangabad Kurds. This village is a free
hold property of Majid
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
, Baban Kurd, who lives at Salahi-
yah. Tazashan now bears about south-east.
After 5 minutesVe passed Kokaz village, 30 houses of Zan -
gabad Kurds, on the left side of the road. After 15 minutes more
we reached another station.
4 th Station 1 hr. 27 mts. From this point
the last (3rd) station lies
a little to the south of
east-south-east. To the south-west by south, at 1J miles, is
Tappah Charmi hamlet, 7 houses of Zangabad Kurds.
We proceeded for 23 minutes. All the way here from B5n
Sanduq village there have been low hills immediately on right
of the road.
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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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- Title
- '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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