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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol II. 1917' [166] (170/542)
The record is made up of 1 volume (271 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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166
WESTERN ROUTES
miles,
total, stages.
5 m. Mountains entered. In this section the
route passes through a defile, where, for
20 yds. or so, it is necessary to go in single file.
2 m. The mountains are left and Ndziyah plain
(10 m. by 6 m.) is entered.
44 23 Ndziyah plain, camping-place. The plain is thickly
covered with acacia trees ; good water is obtain
able on the slopes of the mountains fringing the
plain, but not in the plain itself.
Dir SW. by S. On leaving the plain the route enters
a wide, winding valley (the Wddi Medeiq of
Route No. 33), which it follows by a gentle
descent. Then the valley narrows and takes
the name of Wddi Jedeidah.
9 m. Kheif, situated at the head of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Jedeidah,
the first of a series of villages and hamlets
passed in this
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
. It is described as
' one of the most important positions in
Hejaz, because it is the only way by which
caravans can proceed from Mecca, or Medina,
to Yambo'' (see Route No. 33, p. 188).
Dir. SW. The
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
becomes still narrower, and for
some distance the track is dangerously com
manded from the hills ; then the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
straightens
and descends sharply.
55 11 Jedeidah, a long straggling village, situated at the end
of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Jedeidah ; springs of fairly sweet water.
Dir. SW., slightly by S., along a barren winding valley
about 300 yds. across.
4^ m. Mvq'ad, village with date-groves.
Dir. bears S. by W., the track descending a stony
valley for about 3 m., and then running over
level ground.
63 8 Hamra, a village in a fiumara of red-coloured sand
(hence the name), built upon a narrow shelf
between a high steep hill and the sandy
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
bottom, here about J m. wide ; houses of unbaked
brick and mud half in ruins. The village is
guarded by a fort with crenellated walls and
loop-holes, and there are several watch-towers
on the hill-crests along the valley on both sides.
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This volume is A Handbook of Arabia, Volume II, Routes (Admiralty War Staff, Intelligence Department: May, 1917) and contains details on routes in the Arabian Peninsula, as well as information on transport and lines of communication arranged on a geographical basis. Chapters concerning meteorological information, hygiene and disease, and vocabularies have also been incorporated. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and the War Office. The sources from which the routes have been compiled, together with notes on directions and distance, appear at the head of each chapter, while some sections have been compiled on the basis of native information. Authorities cited include: George August Wallin, William Gifford Palgrave, Carlo Claudio Camillo Guarmani, Lady Anne Blunt, Charles Huber, Julius Euting, Gerard Leachman, Gertrude Bell, Anders Christian Barclay Raunkiær, William Henry Irvine Shakespear, and John Gordon Lorimer.
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, title page, and a 'Note' on the compilation of the volume. There is a page of 'Contents' that includes the following sections:
- Chapter 1: Methods of Transport;
- Chapter 2: Communications, A. Northern Routes, B. Eastern Routes, C. Central Routes, D. Western Routes, E. South-Western Routes, F. Southern Routes, G. Souther-Eastern Routes;
- Chapter 3: Routes, A. Northern Routes, B. Eastern Routes, C. Central Routes, D. Western Routes, E. South-Western Routes, F. Southern Routes, G. Souther-Eastern Routes;
- Chapter 4: Meteorological Observations;
- Chapter 5: Hygiene and Disease;
- Chapter 6: Vocabularies;
- Appendix: Note on the System of Transliteration and Glossary of Topographical and Common Terms;
- Index;
- Plates.
There is also a 'List of Maps' and a 'Note on the Spelling of Proper Terms'.
There is one map contained in this volume: 'Map 5. Key Map of Routes'. In addition, there are nine plates by Douglas Carruthers, Captain William Henry Irvine Shakespear, Captain Gerard Leachman, and Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles.
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- 1 volume (271 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged in chapters. There is a contents page, list of maps, alphabetical index, and list of plates.
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Foliation: There is a foliation sequence, which is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. of each folio. It begins on the front cover, on number 1, and ends on the map which is inserted at the back of the volume, on number 271.
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