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'Routes in Arabia' [639] (672/852)
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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639
R oute N o. IW—concU.
At mile 25, cross Sha ib-Al-Khidh. Route thou tunis south
east.
At mile 29, Al-Hajarah is quitted; route then crosses a feature
known as bha at, which means ground lightly covered with
sand. Excellent pasturage, there being both artha and nussi.
At mile 34, cross Sha'ib Beljid.
At mile 4(5, leave Sha'af, and encounter more hi jar ah.
Track runs along watershed between two sha'lb.s, viz. Slevb
lo south, and Gai-uma to north.
At mile 65, south-west into Sha'ib Sleyb, and move down it
to mile 63.
Track then turns eastwards to mile 68, where Xa'ud is entered
Surface very uneven with great depressions, but the going is
good, and fuel and pasture are abundant.
Many jedj met with, 50 feet deep and 300 feet broad: these
should be skirted.
Route now turns east, and at mile 90 Nafud becomes flatter
and sand lighter.
At mile ;98, cross Darb Zubaidah between Khabrat 'Ali
4 hours north, and Birkat Ashshab, 3 hours south ; (Khabrat
^AU is probably about 1 hour south of Shaihiyat ; see Route No.
At mile 116, Nafud is quitted, and route enters a limestone
depression m which are situated the wells of Linah reached
at mile 120. Water at 40 feet from 300 wells, some being slightly
brackish. a
ROUTE No. 18i:
F rom LIN AH to BURAIDAH.
IS# miles. 7 days.
Authority. —Captain G. E. Leachman, November, 1912.
Epitome.
General description. —This route lies across a trackless desert
over which Shammar and (Bani ; Ali) Harb roam. It pre-
ents difficulties to the movement of i camels owing in some
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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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