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'Routes in Arabia' [617] (650/852)
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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(2,418 feet).
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Largo two-storoyed station buildings. Turn-table. Coal
depot. Engine shed for five engines. Water tank
with a capacity of 11,200 gallon^, supplied by steam
pump from river close by. A good spring for drinking
close to station. Small repairs can be done here. Two
loop sidings, each of 300 yards ; usually an accumula
tion of rolling-stock.
Circassian village of 800 houses close by and ruins of Rab-
bath 'Amman. District widely cultivated in recent ^
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year by Circassian immigrants.
At present trains of only five carriages can ascend to Qasair
thus requiring two trips for an ordinary train. Duplex
engines of greater power are to be provided to obviate
this.
Line turns out of the 'Amman Valley and ascends at once
the southern heights, following a tributary ravine.
Some sharp curves of 100 to 150 metre radius, with
ascending gradient of 1 in 55 and short sections of 1 in
45 •, these at the sharpest curves entering and leaving
the tunnel. Several derailments have taken place on
this gradient. Wind sharply round a small side valley,
then through a 50-foot rock cutting and afterwards one
of 30-foot.
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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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- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/L/MIL/17/16/3
- 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
- Usage terms
- Open Government Licence