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'Routes in Arabia' [638] (671/852)
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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638
Ho ute No. 179— concld.
From here to jnile 20 the route traverses a depression known
as Belgar and then enters the tract of Garaiyat. The surface
of the latter is very irregular, and the going is very bad. The
Garaiyat tract is very irregular, and the going is very bad.
The Garaiyat tract is quitted at mile 80; thence over stony
country to mile 118, where route descends into the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-al-
Khar, here so weakly defined that it looks more like a depres
sion than a wddi.
At mile 122 route leaves the irddi and climbs up a steep
cliff for 150 feet, after which it descends over rough, stony
ground to the wells of Hazil at mile 126.
These wells, numbering 100 or more, are situated in a large
depression, and contain sweet water at 60 feet.
ROUTE No. 180.
From HAZIL to LlNAH.
120 miles. 4 days.
Avlhority.- —Captain G. E. Leachman, November, 1912.
Epitome.
General description. —This route runs partly over the tract
of Al-Hajarah and partly over Nafud, It is roamed over by
Shammar and 'Anaizah, and is swept by ghazzai, or raiding
parties.
Water. —I\'il.
i uel and camel jruzing. —Jioth plentiful.
Supplies. —Nii
Xo. of stagi;
•AS.'
HAZIL ., See Route No. 179.
4 LINAH .. 120 m. South-east.
At mile 1 from the
ii u • depression in which the
wells of Hazil are situated, the track runs up a steep limestone
cliff and enters a region much intersected by watercourses.
At mile 12, direction south-south-east, over rolling stony
plain with little vegetation.
.. ^. m ^ e cross Sha'ib Saba'RijaL This district is called
ajar ah ; the going is very bad, often laming camels.
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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'
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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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