'Routes in Arabia' [748] (779/852)
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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748
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which is not always easily recognisable, as its loaves vary great
ly m colour substance, and even shape, from place to place'
perhaps with the.r age or the age of the tree. The other is th*
afas which yields the gallnut of commerce ; it resembles the
•.ng ish oak, the leaves being scalloped and crimped at the edges
while those of the ballut are serrated. cu g es .
Above Shaqlawah there were tulips and primroses. To-dav
our eyes have been gladdened by the sight of buttercups, dwarf-
many, a kind of anemone, poppies, forget-me-not, English thist
les, a ground convolvulus, and ground ivy. Some of the meadows
are ablaze with flowers of one colour. There is almost -ill th*
of m Engiish ^ ^ txtt
We notice that the Kurds place wood which they have col
lected on graves. The explanation given us is a superstition
that if anyone but the owner removes it he will become blind
Sxh Station . 2 hrs. 51 mts. Quarter _ of an hour
beyond Ari Sirak we
having crossed an irrigation channel immldiltely aS^sTne
the village. From the new position Motrawahfatoady Z®
tioned, bears west-north-west at quarter of a mile's distance •
lef f/rst jUSt i bef0re Ari Sfrak is seen to ^
In ^ U UOW hes to the south b y east, and Ari Sirak
Rowand^z Kurds r aSt " B , Swiyah ' a vilIa g e of 100 houses of
miiro ff "tv~ h " east by ea8t ' thre0 of a
6 th S tation. 3 hrs. 2i mts. In half an honr wc
reach the village of Kar-
fhfi marl .u ■ i i- . watanah, which is upon
road lias W C011S1 5 40 ho uses of Rowanduz Kurds. Our
rani of hHI 'he foot of the HariJ
kah ridee .vi,''/, 1 ' ' ls stee P iLn d high. The pass over the Koi-
and the Saf" h^u r*!- j is nOW to tlle sou th-south-east;
and the Safin hill, behind Shaqlawah, is to the south.
'TH Station . 3 hrs. 40 mts. Nineteen minutes
more, on a path which
obliquely up to the tup of a ridge paraHcTS HaStrtap Tto
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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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