'Handbook of Arabia. Vol II. 1917' [82] (86/542)
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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82
NORTHERN ROUTES
miles.
total, stages. , , i . -n
316| 53| Qulbdn et-Tayyim ; water-holes 1 m. to K
3 m. Khabrah Munddsah, rain-pool.
6m. J elf Humeimi, ridge of low sandstone.
17 m. Jeithanlyah, village ; wells and patches of
cultivation.
6 m. Suweifli, deserted village ; wells 2 m. N., with
stone house belonging to a Meshed family.
Flat stony ground.
2 m. Track to Buka and the Darb Zobeidah on left.
On by stony track through Jebel Samra for
7 m. to end of route.
357£ 41 HA'IL, town ; see I, pp. 384 ff. The town is entered by
the Medina Gate,
ROUTE 5
NEJEF—HAZIL—HA'IL
Authorities: Wallin, 1848, Leachman (1910, section Bir Samit to Majamir, and
1912 for Hazil itself), and Miss Bell, 1914, from a point N. of Bir Tayyim (or
Qulban et-Tayyim) to Ha'il (see Route No. 4).
Direction : SW. by S.
Distance : Crow-fly, about 340 miles ; road, 377. Both direction and distance are
affected by the change in the conjectured position of the wells of Hazil, which
has been moved two degrees to the W. since Wallin's time. Intermediate
distances between Hazil and Ha'il must be regarded as approximate, since
they depend upon a reduction of Wallin's hours into miles, and his rate of
progress is not exactly known.
Character and Supplies : see p. 28.
miles.
total, stages.
NEJEF, town of 'Iraq; see above, p. 73.
For details of the track from Nejef to Qasr er-Ruheimi,
see Route No. 3, p. 73.
32 32 Qasr er-Ruheimi, small village with one spring of bitter
water. Here route diverges from the Darb
Zobeidah, which goes off S. by E.
Dir. SW. by W. across a broad open valley, then into
the stony H ajar ah desert.
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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.
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- 1 volume (271 folios)
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The volume is arranged in chapters. There is a contents page, list of maps, alphabetical index, and list of plates.
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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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