!['The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎626] (723/905)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023550132.0x000001/IOL_1947_C_142_0724.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎626] (723/905)")
'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [626] (723/905)
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CHAPTER XXIV.
provinces of nedjd, hadeamaut, 'oman, and el ah 'si.
Position and Surface of Nedjd.—Jdf es Syrhan.—Jebel Shammar.—Districts
of El Sedeir and El Kassym.—Town of Anizt5h.—Districts of El Woschem,
Nedjd 'Aridh, and Yemameh.—Wadi - el - Khardj.—Towns of Zumeyhah,
Manfouah, and Der'ayyah. —
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Sobeyh.— Wddi Scheran.— Town of
Bische.—The Beni Kaktan and Dowaser Arabs,—Desert of Rhoba-el-KMli.
—WahhAbi Power.—Routes through Arabia.—Desert of Ahkdf.—District
of Jaffea and its Towns.—Hadramaut.—Shehr.—Makallah.—Mahrah.—
Kuria Muria Isles.—Himyaritic Language.—'Omdn and its Districts.—
Maskat.—Beldd Ser.—Pirate Coast and its People.—Bahrein and the Pearl
Fishery.—District of El Ah'sa.—Town of Khatif.—Island of Tir-hoot.—
Port of Grane.—Interior of El Ah'sd.-—Ancient Trade by Land and Sea.—-
Comparative Geography.
Nedjd occupies nearly the centre of, and is the largest pro
vince in Arabia, being, in its greatest limits, 1 640 miles in
length from north to south, and 750 miles from east to west,
according to Captain Sadleir. 2 It has on the east the long
strip of El Hassa, or Hadjar, on the north that part of Arabia
Deserta called Tauf, 3 the Hijaz on the west, with a part of
Yemen on the south, and the desert of Ahkaf on the south
east. The surface, as the name implies, is elevated, but it is
diversified with mountains, valleys, and plains. The latter are
celebrated throughout Arabia for their excellent pastures,
which abound even in the deserts after rain ; and that the
country in general is not by any means the barren desert
which it has been hitherto represented to be is sufficiently evi
dent from the fact that a contest has been carried on for several
1 Some writers consider the mountainous district Nedjd 'Aridh as a separate
province.
2 Jomard estimates the distance in a straight line between the two gulfs at
270 leagues. 8 Jihdn Numa, p. 528.
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The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.
Publication Details: London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850 Printed by W. Clowes and sons, Stamford Street.
Notes: Printer's name from colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. . Only two volumes of text and an atlas containing the maps were published.
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description: xxvii, [3], 799, [1] p., [29] leaves of plates (1 folded), (the plates are numbered: 1, 3-9, 11-26, 28, 33, 37, 39, 42-43). Vol. 1, p. 705-706 and p. 707-708 are fold-out leaves.
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- 'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.'
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- front, back, spine, head, edge, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:30, 1:8, 8a, 8a, 9:34, 34a:34b, 35:48, 48a:48b, 49:92, 92a:92b, 93:114, 114a:114b, 115:116, 116a:116b, 117:138, 138a:138b, 139:189, 188:198, 198a:198b, 199:208, 208a:208b, 209:212, 212a:212b, 213:230, 230a:230b, 231:266, 266a:266b, 267:310, 310a:310b, 311:324, 324a:324b, 325:336, 336a:336b, 337:350, 350a:350b, 351:368, 368a:368b, 369:392, 392a:392b, 393:406, 406a:406b, 407:426, 426a:426b, 427:432, 432a:432b, 433:470, 470a:470b, 471:490, 490a:490b, 491:526, 526a:526b, 527:596, 596a:596b, 597:616, 616a:616b, 617:622, 622a:622b, 623:636, 636a:636b, 637:704, 704a, 705, 705, 707:802, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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