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'Routes in Arabia' [799] (830/852)
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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799
Nnhiyahs of Eowdndaz. —The Qaza of Rowanduz compriso^
the following 4 Nahiyahs with headquarters as below—
I nfokmation kelatiim to navigation, etc., of the TIGRIS
between Mosul and Baghdad supplied by our
RAFTSMEN.
In the low season the Tigris is fordable at the following 8
places between Mosul and Baghdad :—■
1. At Jahainah (see page 771);
2. At a place called Shaqq, immediately above the junction
. of the Little Zab with the Tigris (see page 779) ;
3. At half an hour's walk above Sa'luah (see page 780) ;
4. At quarter of an hour's walk above the Dahri rocks (se©
page 781) ;
5. At the middle of Bisat (see page 782) ;
6. At Tlnah (see page 784) ;
7. At Darawlsh Island (see page 786) ; and
8. At Bahairiyah (see page 786).
All of these fords are pebbly, and there is always a part in
each where the water is breast high.
No native sailing boats go above Samarra. Even in the low
season they could no doubt get to Tikrit, but only by canying
half cargoes. In other seasons than the lowest the current
would be too strong to tow above Samarra. The largest vessels
reaching Samarra itself only carry 8 tons. ...
In the height of the floods a raft may get from Mosul to Tikrit
m 24 running hours, and from Tikrit to Baghdad in the same.
But, as above Tikrit, it is dangerous to run by night; the least
that the whole journey can be performed in is about (50 hours.
Ndhiyah.
Dairah Harlr
Barak
Barad5st
Shairwan
Headquarters.
Dairah Harir.
Galalah.
Sldakan.
Bairisiyao.
APPENDIX B.
anywhere in the river. There
799—800
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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'
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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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