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'File 3/4 BOOKS ETC: ROUTES IN OMAN' [9r] (17/72)
The record is made up of 1 file (34 folios). It was created in c 1935. 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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ROUTE.
.From LIAHOT.
205 miles.
To MUTI.
12 stages-.
Authorities, Lieut. J.R.Wellsted. Indian TIavy. December, 1838.
Eieut.Colonel S.B.Liles. December, 1885.
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908.
General description.
This is a camel caravan route.Very little is known of stages
1 to 9, as they have never been traversed by an European.
From ’Adam (stage 9) onwards the journey has been done by
Liles.
At stages 9,11,and 12 water , fuel, fodder, and supplies
are abundant. At all other stages there is probably water
and possibly grazing.
Numbers of livestock etc. are those existant in 1908.
Mahot is an island village in the Gulf of Masirah, and is
situated 2 or 3 miles from the mainland, to which one can
cross at low tide. Water is brought from wells under a low
on
hill on the mainland 4 miles to the north.There is no vegetati
except mangroves. The village consists of about 50 huts of
mangrove boughs; there are 10 camels, 10 donkeys, 20 cattle ,
and 30 sheep; also some 20 small fishing boats.
’ADAM. 150 miles. The route runs for about 45 miles up the
7/adi Halfain, which enters the sea a little east of Lahot.
Thence it follows the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Kalbuh, a tributary joining the Jf0
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Halfain on its west bank, till quite close to ’Adam.
This is a route much followed by ocaravans as it is well
supplied with herbage, and is seldom without water.There
are some 30 recognizedhalting places en route.Caravans
between ’Adam and the sea take 8 to 10 days. In time of
flood water flows in the jtfwadibed as far as the sea.
’Adam is a large town of some 3000 inhabitants. The water
supply is from three falja. There is a large fortress, which
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The file contains descriptions of eleven routes in Muscat and Oman, and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , drawing on various sources of information. The entry for each route gives a general description, the distance, and the number of stages/approximate travelling time. The routes are:
- Dibah to Ras al Khaimah
- Abu Dhabi to Baraimi
- Mahot to Muti
- Minhah to 'Ibri
- Sur to Minhah
- Umm al Qawain to Fujairah
- Dibai [Dubai] to Shinas
- Sharjah to Murair
- Sib to Muti
- Sohar to Baraimi.
The sources of information include journeys undertaken and information collected by British officers (with dates), especially Major Percy Zachariah Cox and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles; the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer (1908); and native information.
The descriptions include details of settlements, inhabitants, topography, vegetation, caravan routes, water supply, fuel and fodder, forts and similar structures, and cultivation and livestock. Typescript, with occasional manuscript notes in red ink containing queries about the information provided.
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- 1 file (34 folios)
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A list of the routes described appears on folio 3.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 36; 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.
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- 'File 3/4 BOOKS ETC: ROUTES IN OMAN'
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- front, front-i, 2r:35v, back-i, back
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