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'Handbook of Arabia. Vol II. 1917' [291] (295/542)
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 66: SHUGHRAH—MAKALLA 291
miles,
total, stages.
NE., descends a long gentle slope into a ravine,
ascends a narrow pass, and descends into another
ravine.
6 m. Wddi Hebra, a gorge-like valley, leading into
the well-cultivated and wooded If Yeshbum.
3 m. Sa'id, village, situated to 1. of track, and
Wdsitah to r.
Dir. E., along the shingly bed of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Yeshbum for
some little distance; track then ascends out of the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
and runs along the crest of a ridge, above
the village of Kaulah, to the Furda Pass by
which it descends into the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
again ; the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
is then followed to Yeshbum.
3 m. Medal.
Dir. E. of S.
165 14 Yeshbum, town ; see I, p. 215.
Dir. SE., down the
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
, known at first as
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Yeshbui^,, then as Ghail Habbdn.
10^ m. Habban, town ; see I, p. 230.
Dir. slightly S. of E., along the well-watered Ghail
Habban.
7 m. Kidur, village ; water.
205 40 Naqb el-Hajar, ruins surrounded by a wall, on a hillock
in the middle of Wddi Meifa 1 ; there is a
masonry well here, with water at 60 ft.
Dir. ESE., down
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Meifa', along which are wells
and also running water for some time after rain ;
good camel-grazing ; valley is at first well-wooded
with acacia and tamarisk, the trees becoming
fewer as the route proceeds.
2| m. Track crosses a hill of red sandstone, 200 ft.
high. In the next 10 miles the following
small villages are passed: Jadwal 'Ajil,
Sa'id, Mansurah, Jadwal Sheikh, Gharljah,
and Sahun ; water is obtainable at each, either
from springs or wells.
10^ m. A few very small hamlets passed in this
section; trees and vegetation gradually
disappear.
11m. Road leaves Wddi Meifa'.
Dir. SE.
t 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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