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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol II. 1917' [286] (290/542)
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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286
SOUTH-WESTERN ROUTES
miles,
total, stages.
well close to village ; another well lies half
a mile to NE., but water only fit for animals.
351 IQI 'Amudiyah, a larger village than Zinjahar, about half
a mile NW. of road ; two wells ; good place for
camp NE. of village, where there is plenty of
open ground.
Road for one mile rather heavy ; then very
good all the way to 'Asalah.
5 m. Wddi Hasan crossed ; 400 yds. wide, increas
ing to half a mile or a mile in flood.
4 m. 'Asalah, deserted town, situated on small
hill close to road on N. side ; one or two
wells, but, when there is any water in them,
it is brackish.
Road hard for two miles; it then becomes
sandy, and there is a very tiring ascent for
two miles ; then a trying descent for about
the same distance.
6 m. Seilat Seilah, dry river-bed about 150 yds.
broad ; a shallow well about 300 yds. up
the bed.
Road here approaches coastline and follows
it more or less closely for rest of way, crossing
three or four dry river beds (seildt) with well
in each, but water salt.
9 m. Road emerges upon level plain ; then winds
in and out amongst small sandhills.
21 m. Seilat Udeba, one well ; open ground to
end of stage.
63 27i SHUGHRAH (Shuqrah), town: see I, p. 209.
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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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- 'Handbook of Arabia. Vol II. 1917'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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