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'Routes in Arabia' [802] (833/852)
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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802
'AraqTyah
'Arban
'Arfaj
'Arlsh
Asala
Asfar
Astarsuwar
'Ashirah ..
Ashur
'Askari
Aswad
'Ausaj .,
Azraq
Ba r a
Bab
Badan
Badgir
Baghlab
Baida
-^ait
Bait Ullah
Bakrah .,
Balad
A boat of the hallam type.
. A multitude of kindreds aiitl tribes ; also
4Jie arbiters amongst Arabs.
A desert bush, anvillea radiata.
A hut; a shed ; also a shelter, arbour, or
pavilion.
. A succulent, dark-loaved bush, somewhat
resembling the yew, found in Yemen.
Yellow.
A mounted gendarme; lit, a mule-rider.
. Kindred, tribe (colloquial). Plural,
'Ashdir.
A land tax ( Yetnen).
A soldier.
Black.
A desert bush ; the box-thorn.
Blue ; grey-blue.
B.
A measure of about 6 feet, used by Arabs
as the unit for the depth to water in a
well; plural, Bu'a.
A gate.
A medium-sized sea-going boat used
chiefly on the.'Oman coast.
A wind scoop or ventil&tor for a house.
A big, deep-sea, cargo boat with two
masts. They sometimes run up to
200 to 300 tons burthen.
A desert.
A dwelling-place, house ; hait-ash-sha'ar
a house of hair, i.e., a tent.
The great mosque in Mecca in which are
the Ka abah and the Black Stone.
Land watered by lifts with pulleys.
A city or dwelling-place ; the plural lili.d
means a country. The expression
hiLayadnt means small villages.
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- Content
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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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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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