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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol II. 1917' [47] (51/542)
The record is made up of 1 volume (271 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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WESTERN ROUTES (Nos. 17-39) 47
stuffs, beyond an occasional animal for slaughter, are unprocurable
en route ; and only in spring would there be any forage except for
camels. Fuel, however, of the scrub kind is fairly abundant.
Water, as has been said, is usually sufficient and sweet.
Of Route No. 26, from Mecca to Riyadh, which coincides with
the above for 300 miles, and again coincides with Route No. 15 in
the last stages, no more need be said except that it is the Wahabite
pilgrimage road and that its intermediate stages have been travelled
by no European. They seem, however, to present no difficulties,
fairly large and well-supplied settlements occurring all along the
line through Woshm.
(iii) Linking Routes between Medina and Mecca
These are pilgrimage roads ; they are four in number, and
known as the Darb es-Sultani, the Darb esh-Sharqi, the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Qura route, and the Tariq el-Ghabir. The two first are described
in detail in the following chapter. The
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Qura track is
a favourite with dromedary caravans ; on this road are two or
three small settlements and regular wells, and there is free passage
through the territory of the Beni 'Amr. The Tariq el-Ghabir,
a mountain path, is avoided by the great caravans on account of
its rugged passes ; water is plentiful along the whole line, but
there is not a single village, and it is liable to raids by the Subh,
a Bedouin sub-tribe of the Harb. It should be remembered that
not infrequently all roads between Medina and Mecca are closed
by the action of the Harb tribe.
Route No. 27 is the only one of the above routes protected at all
points by block-houses and supplied with road-side markets and
coffee-shops. It traverses rugged hill-country from Bir 'Ali to
Hamra and beyond, but for the rest, it lies in the main in thin
sandy waste until
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Fatimah is reached.
Supplies. Only on this, of the four routes specified, can food
stuffs be obtained in any quantity and, even here, not in abundance,
the suqs of Hamra, Safrah, Rabugh, and Khalis being very small
and poorly supplied. Honey is a special commodity of Safrah,
and bananas, from the plantations of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Khuwar, at Khalis.
Forage is fairly plentiful in spring throughout the route, and fuel
can be gathered from the bush-vegetation which is abundant.
Water presents no difficulties.
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This volume is A Handbook of Arabia, Volume II, Routes (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: May, 1917) and contains details on routes in the Arabian Peninsula, as well as information on transport and lines of communication arranged on a geographical basis. Chapters concerning meteorological information, hygiene and disease, and vocabularies have also been incorporated. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and the War Office. The sources from which the routes have been compiled, together with notes on directions and distance, appear at the head of each chapter, while some sections have been compiled on the basis of native information. Authorities cited include: George August Wallin, William Gifford Palgrave, Carlo Claudio Camillo Guarmani, Lady Anne Blunt, Charles Huber, Julius Euting, Gerard Leachman, Gertrude Bell, Anders Christian Barclay Raunkiær, William Henry Irvine Shakespear, and John Gordon Lorimer.
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, title page, and a 'Note' on the compilation of the volume. There is a page of 'Contents' that includes the following sections:
- Chapter 1: Methods of Transport;
- Chapter 2: Communications, A. Northern Routes, B. Eastern Routes, C. Central Routes, D. Western Routes, E. South-Western Routes, F. Southern Routes, G. Souther-Eastern Routes;
- Chapter 3: Routes, A. Northern Routes, B. Eastern Routes, C. Central Routes, D. Western Routes, E. South-Western Routes, F. Southern Routes, G. Souther-Eastern Routes;
- Chapter 4: Meteorological Observations;
- Chapter 5: Hygiene and Disease;
- Chapter 6: Vocabularies;
- Appendix: Note on the System of Transliteration and Glossary of Topographical and Common Terms;
- Index;
- Plates.
There is also a 'List of Maps' and a 'Note on the Spelling of Proper Terms'.
There is one map contained in this volume: 'Map 5. Key Map of Routes'. In addition, there are nine plates by Douglas Carruthers, Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Captain Gerard Leachman, and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (271 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged in chapters. There is a contents page, list of maps, alphabetical index, and list of plates.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the map which is inserted at the back of the volume, on number 271.
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