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'Routes in Arabia' [478] (511/852)
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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478
route N o. 128 (&)—cowfc?.
3 MANAKHAH .. 28 m. A ten-hour march for
gg jjj pack animals. Road
Hajailah plateau for ooe mile, then dow™n to thf^
narrows above Hajailah. and is strewn with iwulder^baclg^fo'?)
At mile 5 the ravine narrows suddenly to a deep rockv
gorge across wh.eh has fallen a bonlder the iize of a large house
ibe track passes under this with 10 feet of head rnnm r ru-
spot is known as the Gate of the Mountains. * '
At mile 10, the ravine rises yet more steeply towards th ft
leights of Safan and Nasar, and the track leaves the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
and
zigzags up the slope on the right in moderate JS.W /w
surface) to Wasil at utile 12, 1.000 feet above the HajSn
hours chmb) and 4,200 feet above sca-level. Here tea"ia
vauscra., hut accommodation for travellers, and a small vd"
btge where the local chief resides. A small market is Md on
Saturdays, when a hmited supply of livestock is available
is usual to break the journey at this nninf fnr. v,
two. Wasil stands on a lofty spur of Tah^ M t ^ 0r
junction of the Huwaib and Hajjan. Bevond wSl the 0 ?
continues up this spur, the route being dominated or. tllllf^ g
precipitous scarp of Masar. On the fummit of f y
a large Ottoman fort, which is? howeX too ^
edge of the scarp to command the route ' 1
In frequent curves the route ascends and descends this
system of successive spurs with deep precipitous ravines dropp't
Sfb aWay 0n her " !ht 0f the traek d0 ™ 10 'ho v alley of the
oldlmf:r^SdT& to
pation. by an independent ehWoTSani stock
the old Arab road rejoins the route ^ 1 . P01nt
ticable slopes from the valley of the Huwaib sWfeet beC"
Atarah is passed at mile 15; the zigzag still continnina •
then follows a descent between two more spurs of Masar form
mg a ravine down which flows a perennial brook across r), t "
the Huwaib!
down two^more giant*b^uWerVt^se^Miioh^ e; ^P losive8 w ould probably brin"
road just before the Gal tereicC ^ Up the preci P ice 0 « left of thf
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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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