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'Routes in Arabia' [12] (45/852)
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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12
R oute N o. 4 — concld.
4 NEJEF .. 11 in. South-south-west.
From Khan Musalla
47 m . to Nejef the road lies
over fine sand and the going is heavy.
At mile 11 Nejef, a town of some 30,000 inhabitants, situ
ated on a ridge of a reddish sandstone and gravel. It has walls
about 30 feet high with circular bastions every 100 yards some
50 feet in diameter. They are gradually falling to ruin. The
water-supply of the place is from the Hamidiyah canal, which
runs along the base of the ridge. Water for washing is obtained
from the Bahr-an-Nejef, but is brackish. There are a few date
plantations in the dry part of the Bahr-an-Nejef, near the town.
Tha place is, however, otherwise quite destitute of natural re
sources, being in the desert. All supplies, etc., are imported.
Thpre is a large hdzdr, Telegraph Office, Post Office. Thia
plac# is also well-known as Mashhad 'AIL
Here start Routes Nos. 10 and 11, Nejef-Hail.
ROUTE No. 5.
(a) From KEEBELA to BASRAH.
305 miles. 14 stages.
Authorities. —Captain G. E. Leachman, March and April
1910.
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Gazetteer, 1908,
Lientenant-Colonel Chesney, 1837.
Epitome.
General Description. —An easy desert route along the south
ern edge of the Euphrates valley. The soil is mostly firm sand
and gravel, and the going is good.
Water. —Plentiful throughout. It is usually brackish but
drinkable, except at Qasr Ibn 'Ansar, stage 8 ? where it is fit for
animals only.
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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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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'Routes in Arabia'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1:18, 1:644, 647:816, v-r:v-v, back-i
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence