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'Routes in Arabia' [172] (205/852)
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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I
172
Route No. 45-^contd.
indentations at a place known as Al-Habal. which contain water
at times but were dry when Major Cox passed,
At Muwaih Arnah there are half-a-dozen shallow holes in the
0 u r ^ vl 1 ne ' 0 , r in dentation, between sandhills. Water
n exhausted, and one has to wait till holes refill. Supply
could be increased by digging more holes. 1
4 BUL hu WAIL .. 15 m. Direction the same
64 m hours - At mile 5, sandhills
Ramlat-al Kablrah. ^ a ^ SCale Called
At 0f lar ?® tre f at a P lace ^lled Rakhkham.
AtBulHiiwail^orpossibly 3 wehs in the sand. A poor
family of Bam Yas were living here when Major Cox passed
earning their livelihood by drawing water for caravan animals!
YAHAR WELL 24 m. Still the same direc-
gg rn ^ hours, tion. Sand dunes con-
ofwate'r i s r eached. At mil e 9, a
At Yahar, 1 well in a long patch of mimosa iuncle rcmindinf
one of Somahland. This place is also called Jahar 'or Juhar"
Here Route No. 44, Hofuf-Baraimi Oasis, joins.
6 BARAIMI OASIS 11m. Direction the
4J hours. over sandy de^fert.
same
gg m * * v oaiiKxy utJoclt.
j t i, i tx r-. The barren mounta.n
called Jabal Hafit now seen to the south-east.
At mile 7, leave the undulating sandhills, when Baraimi
Oasw comes into view. Then cross the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bat-ha, here
reached ^ A Slt<i known a s Haciabat-ad-Dahma is now
Baraimi js a fine oasis in a fiat-bottomed basin with an eleva-
orZert if 61 and + surrounded by hills except on the west
or desert side. It consists of 10 villages with an ap-regate
population of about 5,500 souls. There are no bazars and the
^VhrreT^ 11 ^ Rouses are of mud and da" mat
ting. ILere is a fort built of sun-dried bricks. It is 150 feet
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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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- 'Routes in Arabia'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iv-v, 1:18, 1:644, 647:816, v-r:v-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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