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'Routes in Arabia' [346] (379/852)
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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346
Route No. 94— concld.
blocked by a large boulder. It is commanded by a ruinous
and deserted tower called the Husn-ur-Ribbah, once the extreme
northern frontier post of the Bani Yub, a northern tribe of
the Baidhah Sultanate. On emerging from the defile the track
strikes the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Jibah some 10 miles above Route No. 92. Here
there is a stragghng timber belt. After following down the
wddi for a short distance the way lies through the amphitheatre
of sand dunes mentioned in stage 4, Route No. 93, until the
Baihan valley is reached and Sailan village.
Water. —The country is waterless between Bir Nafa and
Sailan.
See Route No. 93.
ROUTE No. 95.
From NISAB
to SAILAN {via
GEFA).
WASIT and
WADI
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Authority and Date. —Mr. G. W. Bury, from native
reports, January, 1900.
66 miles.
4 stages.
Epitome.
General D^cription.—Thxa is an alternative track to Route 8
Nos. 93 and 94. It is fit for baggage camels. Its advantages
probably are that it avoids much of the desert which is skirted
in Route No. 93, and the bad going of the Rahwat-ar-Ribbah in
Route No. 94. Moreover though there is no intermediate
water corresponding to Bir Nafa, Route No. 94, it is not so water-
less as Route No. 93. The stages are conjectural, except stage
1, and the distances unreliable.
Water. —Waterless, except at Wasit, stage 1.
Fuel: —Probably ample.
Forage. —No details.
Supplies —Ample at Wasit and Sailan.
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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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