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'Routes in Arabia' [814] (845/852)
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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814
Sharm
Sharqi
Shashah .
Sha'ib
Shaikh
Shi'ah
Shimal
Shitwi
Shok
Shu'ai
Shumnrd'
Shflr
Sidr
Sifa
Sifal
Simum
Slaib
Subba.,
Sufla
Suhail
Suhaili
A creok or cove.
The east wind.
A kind of native boat,
A small watercourse, wet or dry; a
torrent strand; also called sha'ib.
A chief or elder; plurals shuijulch,
shaikhs, and mashaikh, elders.
One of the two great sects of Islam.
They hold that the Imamate and
Khalifate rest with Muhammad and
his successors, and therefore do not
accept Abu Bakr, 'Omar, or 'Othman.
A north wind.
The spring harvest.
Thorn, or bramble.
A medium sized boat used for diving.
Larger ones for deep sea voyages are
also made, but they are smaller than
baghlahii.
A turbulent political or municipal faction
in Mashhad 'All (Nejef). They seem
to have temporarily closed their
differences with the Zugurd since the
outbreak of the great war.
Low, clay hills.
The only tree in the northern deserts
which grows to any height; it often
attains 20 feet; excellent firewood.
Doughty calls it the apple-thorn tree.
A sand beach.
Lower.
A hot, overpowering wind.
A restless tribe of northern Xajd sup
posed to be descended from the
Crusaders. They are great hunters,
and are friendly to Europeans.
Sabians.
Lower.
Canopus.
South-west wind.
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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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- 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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