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'Routes in Arabia' [‎736] (767/852)

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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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736
Koute No. 201— contd.
tribes. This suburb is connected with the main town by a
bridge less remarkable than that over the main Zab.
The two streams of the Zab re-unite about J of a mile below
the place where they separate ; and a little below their junction,
on the right bank of the river, is the small mixed Turkish and
Arab hamlet of Kaiyabashi with about a dozen houses. Ka-
yabashi lies nearly due south of the bridge over the main Zab.
The direction of the river near the town is about north-east by
north and south-west by south.
In the whole town there are about 50 shops and one public
bath. Trade is mostly in wheat and barley, which are exported
and floated down the Zab and Tigris on rafts. There is an ex
port, but small, of wool, and of timber brought by river from
the hills.
The inhabitants of Altun Koprii are mostly Turks, and
Turkish is the prevailing language. (The settled Turks of this
part of the country are Turkmans and are said to talk a Tur-
komani dialect; they are not 'Osmanlls.)
ALT I N KOPRt TO .. The road from Altun
A R BIL. Koprii to Arbil runs at
first, alter leaving the
former place, up the valley of a small tributary of the Lower
Ziab. This stream is called the Injesui. There are corn lands
in the valley and low hills on either side. A bend on the Injesui
was crossed at 28 minutes and another at 32 minutes from Altun
Koprii, and a third was touched at about 35 minutes. There
were at this time only a few inches of water in the stream.
1 st S tation . (48 mts.) In 13 miles more an
eminence is reached,
from which Altun Kop-
rii bears about south-south-east. The Mosul road, which
diverged from ours on entering the hills, is now seen about half
a mile off to the westward. The telegraph to Arbll is also on
the left-hand side of the road that we are following. Between
us and the Musal road is a mill, and beyond that road is a hamlet
called Makhsumah, consisting of 12 houses of Kurds.
At 11 minutes beyond the first station the telegraph line
(two wires) crosses from the left to the right of the road. In 18
minutes more we reach the second station at the top of a shingly
ascent, just before which there is a dip into a hollow and a bend

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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.

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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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