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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol II. 1917' [263] (267/542)
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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miles,
total.
ROUTE 60 : ADEN—MOCHA 263
3| m. Bir Fadl, well, over 50 ft. deep, water all the
year round ; good camping-ground.
Dir. W. by S., over sandy ground covered with coarse
grass ; a number of large spreading acacia trees
here and there.
8 m. Bir Dureimlyah, well 50 ft. deep, with 10 ft,
0.., brackish water, sufficient to water 300 camels
a day.
Dir. almost due W., over a stretch of several miles
of sand with coarse grass.
311 20 Bir Am Makhnuq, well 60 ft. deep, with 11 ft. brackish
water ; surrounded by jungle ; no village, but
numerous nomads in vicinity.
Dir. WSW., for 5 miles, over sandy ground with
acacia jungle; then open sandy ground, soft
ifeh in places.
16 m. Dar crossed.
2 m. Hiswah Qa'o, small spring of fresh water.
2 m. Jebel Am Birkah, a double-peaked hill, lying
away to S. ; then Jebel Sunamma is passed
to 1., about 4 miles from Ddr Mujahhar.
56 24^ Ddr MujaTihar, small mud tower on 1. bank of Wddi Am
Shahar ; a few patches of cultivation; no perma
nent inhabitants. One well {Bir Subahi), 150 ft.
all: deep, brackish water, difficult to draw owing to
great depth. There is a spring of fresh water at
k Hiswat Am Kheidar, at mouth of
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
, 4 miles S.
iloi [An alternative route from Bir Am Makhnuq
m.\ to Ddr Mujahhar —26-| m. in length—runs by way
1,}.! of the coast and Jebel Marsa, where there is a good
mltstt, camping-ground; but the track is more difficult.]
fill Road crosses Wddi Am Shahar.
niolfe Dir. WSW. across firm gravelly soil,
mltol 10 m. Road now approaches seashore and skirts
Khdr'Umeirah ,3i shallow lagoon (4m. by 2 m.),
jjj ids cut off from sea by narrow sand spit with
olflfe opening at western end.
2 m. Ddr 'Umeir, small mud building, owned by
Sultan of Lahej; well 37 ft. deep, 8 ft.
brackish water, sufficient for about 200
, i-Bpni camels.
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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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