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'Routes in Arabia' [774] (805/852)
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 . 202— contd.
iteelf m the night. The crude bitumen sells at the springs for
half a Beshlik per skin pf about 40 lbs., or approximately 8 lbs
for a penny. J
The oil produced here is distilled from crude bitumen of the
consistency of stiff treacle. Twenty tins of bitumen yiled 10
tins of oil of which 2 are of the first quality, 2 of the second,
and (> of the third The lirst quality is colourless, the second
yeUo^v, and thethird black; and the third quality must be refined a
second time before it is fit for any purpose except anointing
camels agamst mange, but more bitumen is mixed with it before
10 ] IS + u a 10 "'i " !" e ^ lle ^ use ^ ^ or distillation is crude bituiben ;
and the residue left in the retort is bitumen, and is allowed to
dX^Th I™' 4 ?. t0 5 ? tinS of oil arc billed at Qaiyarah
daily. The oil is sold at the distillery at the foUowing rates
.1st quality .. .. Per gallon.
2nd quality .. '' 1 z,'
3rd quality .. _ ' ' "
Lv-en the ist quality oil smells strongly of some impurity,
the odour resembles that of benzine. mpurny,
'Abdul Ham id Qaiyarah belonged to the
A Fronrh I ! 0r r ch 11 Wat; workefl b . v Ibrahim
Pasha
An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders.
.
fT i oon X T'- 8 r0ught froni Constantinople, and about
tl. 5 OJO was spent m experiments, prbably borings, but with
out increasing the yield of the springs. In 1908 there were
,0r » 1 " aso " f '"o inlying «
voar to , 'r' J ,0 , ! ,res "" t contractor is said to pav fT. 500 a
Lto outnnVif i 1 t r JVerament ' bat 011 the data given above
for nrofif ■ 11 . 01 '""I l J '" lce would seem to leave no margin
bitumen ' 1 ^ 8 iero ore probably some sale by him of crude
vabTo 16 Th! 6111 Plant i S Primitive a n fl thc buildings are of little
the tiinp r f " re fi ne< i in the store at
quality ^ ^ 131 ' ' more than half were of the first
» 0 After seeing Qaiyarah
KHANDIDAH. we started again down
Af on w,; ^^e river.
'Osai ib" 2* i' 1 ' 1 ! 63 ■ 1 ' e P a35e d a village on the left bank, viz.,
gah, -5 houses of Jahaish Arabs. Here the lulls retire from
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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'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1:18, 1:644, 647:816, v-r:v-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence