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'Routes in Arabia' [336] (369/852)
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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336
Route No. 91—coMd.
■ Mr. Bury mentions another route passing up the Dhura
valley from Xisab. He says that in ancient times this valley
was one of the main arteries of traffic from Nisab southwards.
He only penetrated some 10 miles up the valley in search of
inscriptions in rock. The valley was well -cultivated where
lie traversed it.
Water. There are no details ; but as far as can be gathered
water is abundant in the Kaur and its ravines.
Fuel. —A bundant.
iorage. —Grass on northern slopes of the Kaur. Camel
grazing ; no details.
Supplies.—Nil, until Nisab is approached.
DAKHLAH.— See Route No. 90 (a), stage 3.
1 AL-GIBLAH .. 13 m. After leaving Dakhlah
then tiirns west close to the left bank of the'
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Rukub
skirting the southerly spurs of Haid Khomah, an isolated hill
rising some 2,000' sheer above the plain. Rounding the
Eastern spui of this hill at about 5 miles the track turns north,
crosses the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Melahah and bending north-east it emerges
on to the plain of Amudieh, which it traverses to the Faragi
village of A1 Giblah. About 3 miles south of Haid Khomah
a^iid commanding the route is the isolated TenuWakh hill, on
the summit of which is the castle of the Saidi chief.
Al-Giblah village contains some large houses with white
towers and is surrounded by composite mud walls'. It is situated
v * mic,st of ar able land. Close by is the guard tower of
, a • our-square of solid masonry with heavy stones piled
loo^y round the base to thwart the tribal sapper.
his tower confronts towards the Hasani border and the main
Hasam township of Giblat-ul-Wuznah which is engirdled by
?,? h " g . towers * TWs latter is a market town. Close to Al-
( j ! blah is also the fighting stronghold and settlement of Al-Qarn
built on a little knoll and commanding the Hasani border.
Details.
13 m.
the road threads a defile
between two hills. It
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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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