'Routes in Arabia' [755] (786/852)
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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765
R oute N o . 201— contd.
6 th Station . 3 hrs. 47 mte. In 18 minutes w« are
just entering some hills
on our right. Looking
backwards, we see Khalifan village about three quarters of
a mile off to the south-south-east while the head of the 'All Baig
Gali, or gorge, lies to the east-north-east at about 1 mile.
Just after leaving this station we pass a Kurdish graveyard
and fine grove of oaks.
7 th Station . 4 hrs. 11 mts. In 24 minutes,
ascending a valley by
which a tributary comes
down to the Khalifan stream, we reach a point quarter of a mile
south of the village of Khan-i-Batman. The village consists of
20 houses ; the people are Kurds of no particular tribe. Behind
us the last station is visible to the easth-north-east.
8th Station. 4 hrs. 36 mts. We halt again, after
25 minutes, and note that
Kurak mountain now lies
east of us, and that the general direction of our course since
leaving Cham -i-Khalifan has been from east-south-east to west-
north-west. t . , i
Five minutes beyond the 8th station we cross a watershed
and find ourselves in the basin of a valley which, instead of
woing down eastwards, runs westwards between us and the
Harlr range on the south. In 23 minutes more we pass a vil
lage above us on the right, about half a mile off ; it is Kalakin,
consisting of a dozen houses of Surkhi Kurds. Three mmutes
further on we cross a brook which runs down from the north on
its way to join the stream at the bottom of the valley on our
left; the stream, after receiving the brook, turns away leftwards
from our road down a gorge. Six minutes later we halt.
9 th Station . 5 hrs. 13 mts. At this station the
direction of our journey
is still to the west-north
west, and Kurak is now to the east by south. On this stage we
have crossed two or three small rivulets besides the brook
mentioned ; and ever since we left Khalifan there have been
frequent springs spoiling the road. The hills among and over
which we have been passing have been well wooded with leafy
oaks of both sorts (Ballut and Afas),
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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.
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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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- 'Routes in Arabia'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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