'Routes in Arabia' [442] (475/852)
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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442
Route No. HS—contd.
distance apart. Good water from springs at Hiswat j Qa 'o
(Kaw), stages 3 and 4, and from a well in stage 6. In many
places brackish but drinkable water is to be obtained by digging
on the beach below high-water mark.
Fuel. Thorny bushes and small trees nearly the whole way.
Forage. —Scanty on the actual route, but can be obtained
from the fertile districts to the north.
Supplies. None to speak of till stage 6, where a few sheep
and goats can be bought.
No. of stage |
and total Details,
distance.
SHAIKH 'OTHMAN See Route No. 102.
BIR FADL .. 9 m. From Shaikh Oth-
man to Bir Fadl
see
— — OMVAX Of
J Route No. 113, stage 1.
^ I6J111. Road leads west-
MAKHNUK. wards over sandy
m - ground covered with
coarse grass and acacia trees of a large spreading kind. At
mile 8 Bir Duraimiyah is passed, 52 feet deep, and 10 feet of
brackish water. Estimated to water 300 camels per day. Route
No. 118 (b) joints here. West to Bir Am-Makhnuk, 60 feet
deep, 11 feet of water, brackish. Capacity as for Bir
Duraimiyah, Surrounded by jungle and babul trees. No
village, but numerous Bedouins in vicinity.
•> DAR MUJAH- 24Jm. Road west-south-west
—- HAR. over sandy ground
•i . , with acacia jungle to
mile o ; then through open sandy ground, soft in places till at
mile 10, the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Dar is crossed; a large area on its banks
-shews signs of inundation. At mile 18, an isolated double-
peaked hill, J. Am-Birka, is passed and at mile 20, a smaUer
hill, J. Sunamma. Hiswat Qa'o, a small spring of fresh water,
is passed on the seashore, just before J. Am-Birka at mile
.^2 to left of track. Uar Mujahhar, a small mud tower on the
left bank of the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Am-Shahar. A few patches of cultiva
tion dependent on floods in the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
. No permanent inhabit
ants. One well, Bir Subahi, 150 feet deep with 6 feet of
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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.
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- 1 volume (425 folios)
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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.
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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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