'Handbook of Arabia. Vol II. 1917' [120] (124/542)
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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120
CENTRAL ROUTES
miles,
total, stages.
village built on both sides of the sha'lb (650
inhab. ; large groves ; wells, 40-70 ft.).
Cross spur to
128 18 'Audah, village; 1,000 inhab,; large groves ; wells 75-
120 ft. Last settlement in Sedeir to southward.
[Hence a more direct, but comparatively waterless,
track runs due SE. to, 118 m., Riyadh. This
was followed by Shakespear, 1914. It goes down
centre of Toweiq plateau to, 18 m. } Sha'ib el-'Ajsh
(pronounced locally 'Ats), and, 18 m., Hasi village
(150 inhab. ; fort, wells). Then over very bare
country, with Toweiq ridge right and 'Urmah cliff
left, two days to, 56 m., Qasr Banbdn (30 inhab.;
wells, and a little cultivation). Thence by Sha-
mdslyah and down sha'ib to, 26 m., Riyadh.
Dir. S. to, 15 m., Sha'ib el-'Ajsh, crossing high plateau.
Cross wide valley with rocky outcrops and bush
vegetation, and ascend to Thahaj (or Tahij)
plateau, turning SE. ; bushy steppe with tells
scattered about.
155 27 Thadiq (pronounced Thddij or Tlmdich), town ; see I,
p. 359.
Dir. SSE. up wide sha'ib with plain on left.
7 m. Turn E. and ascend to high plateau with
Toweiq ridge on right.
17 m. Descend into
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Wutar and keep on SE. to
182 27 Hareimlah, town ; see I, p. 359.
Dir. S. across
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
to scarp of plateau.
5 m. Ascend plateau, bare, stony, and keep on over
it for 2 hours. Descend to
198 16 Sedus, town ; seel, p. 358 f.
Dir. SE. ; ascend plateau again ; cross watershed and
descend long sha'ib to
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Heisiyah-Hanifah,
and through ruins and gardens to
223 25 'Ayeinah. [See Route No. 15, p. 117.]
252 29 RIYADH, town ; see I, p. 357 f.
[For the alternative route from Boreidah to Riyadh via
Shaqrah (235 m.), see Route No. 15, pp. 114 If.]
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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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