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'Routes in Arabia' [‎776] (807/852)

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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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776
R oute N o. Wl- conUl.
Ihe rums go back to early Assyrian times, viz., about 2,000
V' but earlier relics of the bronze and even of the stone ace
arc found under them. A Parthian palace and a poor Parthian
town existed on the same site in later times, and there are
Muhammadan remains dating from about 1200 A. D. Sharqat
possessed one of the great towers dedicated to superior divinities
of which only two others are known to have existed in Assyria,
mz., those of which the traces remain at Nimrud and Khorsabad.
I he only possible indications of ancient foreign relations dis
covered are, we were informed, some metal articles which may
be from Cyprus and some objects of ivory. With reference to
Ihe last it may be noted that elephants existed on the Khabur
not very far from here, in early times.
The Sharqat excavations are managed by a Committee con
nected with the Berlin Museum ; and the funds are provided,
in part at least, by the Prussian Government. It is not known
how long the work will be continued. Excavation work is not
congenial to archaeologists ; it is therefore carried on here by
agents who are primarily architects or engineers, and most of the
deciphering of inscriptions is done in Germany. I gathered
that the early British explorers of this and other sites had been
very successful in finding and removing most of the striking
articles of interest, and that attention is now chiefly concentrated
on disentangling the foundations, and working out the ground
plans, of the buildings of different periods, inscribed bricks,
etc., are also found which yield some information. The ruins
are so completely flattened out that nothing can be known from
lem regarding the roofs of the ancient houses, etc.
After a three hours' halt at Sharqat we resumed our journey.
At about 27 minutes some low bluffs on the right bank, which
have their beginning a little below Sharqat, become high and
cliffy ; eventually they attain perhaps 150 feet. They are part
of wnat is called Jabal Mak-hill.
. n ^ utes we came on two rocks projecting out of the
river m mid-channel; the water was breaking over them.
hey are called Abu Sharib. The left bank is pretty high
hereabouts, of mud and conglomerate.
At 1 hour 33 minutes the hills retire again from the right
bank lour minutes later a low verdant strip, known as Shati-
al-Jidr, occurs on the left bank.

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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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