'Routes in Arabia' [781] (812/852)
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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781
R oute N o . 202— contd.
island with water lifts and cultivation ; and beyond that again
the branch of the river on which Dar is situated. Between J)or
and the river is Imam Dor, a high square, dark-coloured budd
ing with round bastions slightly indicated, and a top shaped
somewhat like the point of a shrapnel but diminishing m dia
meter by 5 stages, the lowest of which has flat faces. The build
ing is covered with storks' nests. Dor is a scorched-looking
place ; there is no greenery about it. The people are all Sunnis.
Below Dor both banks are low for some way.
At 2 hours 42 minutes there are rocks called Haraqiyat near
the left bank. They are said to project r, feet in low water.
Various streams into which the river has divided recombme here
and give it a breadth of about 400 yards.
At 3 hours 2 minutes low conglomerate cliffs begin on the right
bank Eight minutes later there is an opening called " Rasasi" in
conglomerate cliffs upon the left bank. It is evidently the head
of an old canal, but the bottom of it is now some 15 feet above even
the present level of the river. On the right bank here, half a
mile inland, is a mound called Mahaijlr. _ . , .
At 3 hours 27 minutes there are water-lifts and cultivation
stretching down the right bank. ^ . .
At 4 hours 45 minutes we pass mud rums on the left bank |
they are inaignificant, but are described as Old Baghdad.
The left bank is of conglomerate and raised, the right bank is
cultivated and has many water-lifts. j ^ { co- -
At 5 hours 14 minutes we reach a place called Qaias olnnas
on the left bank. Before it we pass round a large bend of the
river which does not appear in our maps. A little further
down are trees, marking the site of Bisat, a village of 25 houses
of Samarra Arabs. On the right bank opposite Shmas is an Al
Bu 'Abbas village, consisting of 30 houses of Samarra Arabs.
At 5 hours 22 minutes is Hawai Sullat, a village of 20 houses
of Al Bu 'Abbas, a tract extending from the first Al Bu Abbas
village, above mentioned, for about 3 miles downstream all bears
this name. Since passing " Old Baghdad' no cliffs nor hills
have been visible near the river on the left bank.
At 5 hours 36 minutes the left bank still bears the name of
Bisat. Some houses are visible on it. There have been various
islands since passing Old Baghdad " and the mam channel of
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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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