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'Routes in Arabia' [469] (502/852)
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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469
Route No. 126 (a)— tonid.
take light wheeled transportj but the passage of guns and heavy
vehicles would at all times be difficult owing to the very steep
gradients and sharp curves. At present only pack animals
such as hill camels and mules could be used. It was in this
way that the Turks brought up their field artillery, remounting
it in Sana'a. The road is not metalled and the surface varies
according to the country. The sandy parts would be very
heavy in wet weather. It is generally about 18 feet wide.
The whole road between Hajailah and Sana'a is carefully
guarded. At 10-mile intervals there are posts of 50-—200 men
under an officer in strongly situated guard-houses. These are
usually old Arab towers, repaired and adapted, the larger ones
being connected by telegraph with each other and with Hodeida
and Sana'a.
Between the guard-houses there are sentry posts of 2 or 3
men; with each post is a trumpeter and they signal to each
other with a code of calls. There does not seem to be any
system of flag signalling.
The country between Hajailah and Jabal Assir, which bounds
the Sana'a plateau on the west, is extremly mountainous, wild
and difficult. There are many strong points where a force
advancing from Hodedia on Sana'a could be opposed.
Any numbers of Arab irregulars could probably bs recruited
at small pay by an invading power for employment against the
Turks, and would prove valuable as they are tine mountaineers,
often good fighters, and thoroughly detest the Turks.
Water is plentiful all along the route, but is slightly salt in
the first two stages.
Fuel is obtainable except in Sana'a, where it is very scarce.
Fodder is probably obtainable everywhere.
Supplies of kinds usually met in villages seem to be plen
tiful but the only large places en route are Hodeida, Manakhah,
(stage 7), and Sana'a.
No. of stage
and total
distance.
" " HODEIDA . . See Route No. 126. ~
1 AT-TANAM .. 18 m. North-east. For the
— first mile the route
18 m. traverses a sandy plain^
i
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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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- '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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