'Handbook of Arabia. Vol II. 1917' [280] (284/542)
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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280
SOUTH-WESTERN ROUTES
miles,
total, stages.
el-Amir, which passes Bir Sa'id 'Ali 8 m. before
reaching Lahej.]
16 16 Bir Sa'id Ali, 3 wells ; see above, p. 266.
Dir. N. through cultivation.
1| m. Wddi es-Saghlr. Follow up stony bed of
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
for ^ m. (or a track may be taken along
1. bank) ; then leave
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
and turn NW.
3| m. Bir Salim, well; water plentiful but in
different.
[Track from Lahej 2 m. to W., joins in.]
24 8 Bir Am Seifi, camping-ground ; see above, p. 267.
[For details of stage from Bir Am Seifi to Nubat
Dakim see Route No. 61, p. 267 f.]
40 16 Nubat Dakim, camping-ground ; see above, p. 268.
Dir. N., ascending over stony ground; then a descent.
11 m . Wddi Bilih is entered and followed for about
7 m.: or a good alternative road, made in
1903 for some distance along 1. bank, may
be taken.
51 m. Matlah, camping-ground much used by cara
vans, but supply of water rather scanty and
impure.
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Bilih soon makes a bend, and
the track leaves it and turns up a dry
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
-
bed ; at 1 m. it comes out upon an open stony
plateau with good firm going ; then a descent
between rocky hills to Milah,
6 m. Mildh, group of poor huts, on r. bank of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Milah. Camp on 1. bank, where there
is a large new well, with ample supply
of good water ; a little forage may be ob
tained locally. Military post (1903), on low
rocky hill 500 yds. NE.
[Tracks go off r. for Ha jar and Sauda.]
Dir. N. of E. towards Jebel Jimil (a landmark), among
rocky hills, but good firm going.
6 m. Descend into Wddi Am Suheiblyah (just
below Jebel Jimil), and turn N. up stony
bed of
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
, on to the stony plateau,
where the territory of the Emir of Dhala
is entered ; the village of Suleiq (site of a
military post) lies a little to E. Cross plateau.
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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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