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'Routes in Arabia' [13] (46/852)
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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R oute N o. 5 (a) — contd.
Fuel and Fodder.—Plentiful throughout, except during
stages 1 to 4, especially in spring. Lucerne is obtainable at
stages 6, 7 and 13, but in limited quantities only.
Supplies. —Limited at Samawah, stage 7, and fairly plentiful
at Zubair, stage 13. Elsewhere en route, nil.
Jib. of stage
and total
distance.
KEHBELA .. Route No. 4,
Kerbela-Nejef.
4 NEJEF .. 47 m. See Route No, 4,
Kerbela-Nejef.
47 m.
5 QASR-AR-RUHAI- 27 m. South-east.
• MI. The route descends
74 m. sharply from the ridge
on which the town is situated, and then lies along the edge of
the Bahr-an-Nejef.
At mile 27 Qasr-ar-Ruhaimi, a small village situated on the
plain known as Ghufrat-al-Irak.
Here Route No. 11, Nejef-Hail, branches off.
6 SHINAFIYAH .. 16 m. East by south.
* The route runs across
90 m. an open plain. At mile
2 Sha 'ib Hisib ; in February 1879, about 5 miles higher up, this
Sha'ib held a running stream, which was sufficient for the Hajj
(4,000 men and 3,000 ^camels, at a low estimate); it is said to be
perennial. There are acacia trees and pasturage. The route
then runs along the edge of the Bahr-i-Shinafiyah.
At mile 16 Shinafiyah, a town of about 3,500 inhabitants,
situated chiefly on the north bank of the 'Atshan continuation
of the Shatt-al-Hindiyah just below its exit from the Bahr-i-
Shinafiyah.
The dwellings are principally huts, and there is a hdzar of
$0 shops.
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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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- 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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