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'Routes in Arabia' [293] (326/852)
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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293
Route No, 80— contd.
12 SAQR IHm. West by south, along
______ the Mahra coast.
2451 m . The route runs near
the shore which is low and sandy, with sandhills rising gradually
towards the interior, and having a high range of hills in the
background.
Country bare, but there are stunted bushes and patches of
cultivation near the villages.
About mile 7, village of Haswain ; 500 inhabitants; good
water.
At mile 14, a village with a fortified house.
Saqr, a straggling village in a date grove close to the beach ;
population from 500 to 600 souls. Good water; some grain.
13 SUQ .. •• 18im. West-south-west.
Coast, low and sandy.
264 m. At mile 7, the route
passes between Khor Maghsi and Jabal Hadhn. Thence across
the promontory called Ras Darjah, and along the shore of Qishn
Bay to the small fishing village of Hafat.
Suq, a small village, with some palm trees, near a salt-water
lake.
14 'ATAB .. •• 21m. West south-west.
Coast, low, sandy, and
2g5 m . undulating, with hills
inland, which gradually trend away and discontinue.
At mile 3, Qishn ; a large straggling village at the head of
Qishn Bay, and about j mile inland ; small Mahra population ;
good water from wells westward of the town ; fish are plentiful
and very good small quantities of jowuvi, rice, dates, coffee,
and sugar are imported.
At mile 5, village of Akhud. Good anchorage in Bandar
Lask, the western portion of Qishn Bay.
At mile 9, village of Liban, situated north of Has Sharwain,
At mile 11, pass two sugar-loaf peaks.
Coast, sandy and barren.
At mile 21, village of 'Atab about 1 mile from the shore,
population of about 400 souls ; good water from wells to the east
ward of the village ; 3 mosques ; date groves 1 mile to the w est
ward. This village is under the government of Qishn.
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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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- Open Government Licence