'Routes in Arabia' [782] (813/852)
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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782
R oute N o . 202—
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?iett e deaT 1 ' ii,h ^ *» ^ b " ,lk ' h » s to wind
« ,. At T 5 hou , rs / 43 minutes the well-known ruin of Qal'at 'Ashio
the Lover » Castle, is seen standing a short way inland frn
the right bank. The walls have fallen down in length leaving
high standing portions, which almost resemble pillars •' but it if
growing too dark to see. » , out it 18
At 6 hours 3 minutes there is a small village on the island ,.f
Quwa,r. which is between us and the loft bank. Seven mfaute,
later wo reach the end of Quwair island, and the ruins of Oasr
Qal at-al-Khalifa, (.'The Caliph's Fort Palace") are visib ,
some distance mland from the left bank. There are Llands about
carrying some small trees or bushes.
At (i hours i9 minutes is the village of ' Ahivl .... +i. •
bank : it consists of 20 houses of " Saw'Lth;" hat is lam™
iS at — —
samarra .. the antiquities of
Samarra need no des-
aecounts of them have appeared, sinceTu^urney, in^Iiss^G
and fhp 8 ? AmUra f f t0 + Amurath " and Dr. Herzfeld's " Satnarra' 1
and the latter authority s researches are not yet finished.
Samarra is enclosed by a fine brick wall in perfect preservation
toc«as™rtheTown Pa0 Th Wit ? in 0,0 e,Mei,,te for • considerable'
increase ot the town. The streets are comparatively wide and
900 hiuis ^rtno^'"^ ciean - The, ' e "»^
uu nouses and 90 to 300 shops. The revenue of the Mimicinal
ty is said to be only £T. 200 a year. Drinking water fs broThfc
from the nver; water for other domestic uL is dra.v7S
is a^smaU^B a ^7 JCWS are SettIed here ' and there
is a small British Indian colony, mostly Kashmiris none of
whom were registered at the time of our ksit.
Ihe importance of Samarra depends i on its Shi'ah shrine
1 Pllgnma ge8 connected therewith. There were many*
has sfccSa appointed di ^ ribu ^' of the Oudh Beque'.t
tortioo and ill-usage and efficiently protects his clients from ex-
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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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- 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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