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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol II. 1917' [179] (183/542)
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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ROUTE 29: MEDINA—MECCA
179
miles,
total, stages.
Dir. N. for a short distance.
225 24 Wddi Leimun village (or Medheiq) ; there is a good
stream of water, and limes, pomegranates, and
dates are procurable; see above, p. 175 (m 319
of Route A). -iv-
Dir. SW. down the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
.
3| m. The
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
is left at a point where it makes
a bend to r., by a difficult track over a steep
ridge of granite.
l^m. Solah (or Sulah), a plain among hills, with
scattered villages and clumps of trees.
m " ?f, track ascends a steep and difficult pass ;
it then runs across several small depressions'
i a dividtHl by hills, and rises generally all the way.'
m. Thenyat el-Quta', a winding path through
a cutting, flanked by watch-towers, over the
last hill-ridge before Mecca is reached
TWe a road through the Ma'dbdah (or
Mu abidah) suburb and by the Jannat el-
248 P 4 ? MFPPA f cemetery to the Md'la Gate.
MECCA, town ; see I, pp. 123 ff.
C. R oute aoooeding to D oughty, from native ineoemation
MEDINA, town ; see I, p. 116 f.
Suweirqvyah^ village; see above, p. 176 (m. 99 of
Sufemah, village; see above, p. 174 (m. 146 of Route A)
t and p. 177 (m. 116 of Route B). '
Ain Ibn Ghdban ; palms, water, and some ruins.
Hathah ; corn-fields and some ruins; see above, p. 174
(m. 200 of Route A). F
Muslah, a cistern and some ruins; the village of Fereyyah
can be seen to 1. of road.
El-Birkah ruins ; see above, p. i74 (m. 238 of Route A)
El-Rirkah xs described as in Rukabah {Rukkaba),
mn ~h ? a y of S- h ^h desert between QasimandMecca'.
Dhanhah (or Dhatjrq) ruins of a village ; see abovei
Route B) 1 ' ROUte A) and P ' 178 201 of
Bertha, or Bir Hadheil, a well in the midst of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Leimun.
M 2
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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)
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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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