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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol II. 1917' [267] (271/542)
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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ROUTE 61 : ADEN—SAN'A 267
miles.
' c ) lefa total, stages.
')• Take 11 (c) Western.
e sliortestol^ Dar el-Amir; see above, p. 265 (m. 7 of route).
')■ Dir. W. by N. through open sandy country ; good
going, but heavy in places.
9 m. Bir Maheit.
4 m. Darb, small thriving village near edge of
itiful at tr Wddi Keblr ; mud fort and 2 wells, good
e, then om water, but supply limited; forage plentiful.
Track now runs across cultivation.
| m. Sharj, 2 wells, good water, but not
abundant.
1 m. Waht, large village on
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Kebir;
5 wells, good and plentiful water ; forage
abundant. Going soon becomes heavy.
2| m. Mahallah, good-sized village, | m. from
edge of
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
. Forage abundant; 5 wells,
good and plentiful water. Thence road
becomes a bridle-path through fields.
3 m. Mulceibirah, hamlet surrounded by date-
palms ; 3 wells, good water.
LAHEJ (21 miles from Dar el-Amir).]
21 21 LAHEJ : see above, p. 266.
m ' 1 " m - Dir. due N., through cultivation,
sandy fete 2 m. Cross Wddi es-Saghlr ; easy going over stony
bed of
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
, which is dry except in flood-time.
ittletoEJi 1 m# Bir Am Seifi, camping-ground at edge of
ivy going desert; 1 well. [Road to Qa'tabah, viaDhala,
r, goes off N.; see Route No. 64, pp. 282 ff.]
ofWffl'Ofc Dir. NW., roughly parallel with bank of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
and good tl ^ es-Saghir, over firm open ground.
.trywoodedtis 1| m. Wddi el-Khair, camping-ground on open
ihronghleai® sandy space W. of road. Water from river
imp on fanample at all seasons, but in flood-time it runs
p[ e supply, thick and should be filtered ; river bed here
t trackftoniK 200-400 yds. wide. Watering-place for men
(see Wow,pi 1 ' NW. of camp, for animals SW.
troughLaH^ Dir. NW., over firm open ground for 1 m. to head of
Lahej delta ; then very heavy sand for about 2 m.,
g from Dar eU® afterwards ascending to firm ground through
cultivation.
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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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