'Routes in Arabia'

Title:

'Routes in Arabia'

Date:

1915/1915

Description:

This volume contains descriptions of the 'more important of the known routes in Arabia proper' produced by the General Staff in Simla, India. It is divided up as follows:Part I- Routes in North-Eastern, Eastern, and Southern Arabia.Part II- Routes in South-Western, Western, and North-Western Arabia.Part III- Miscellaneous Routes in Mesopotamia.Appendix A- Information about Routes etc in the Rowanduz District by Abdullah Pasha, Hereditary Chief of Rowanduz and ex-official of the Turkish Government.Appendix B- Information relating to Navigation etc of the Tigris between Mosul and Baghdad supplied by our Raftsmen.The volume contains a Glossary of Arabic Terms used in the route descriptions and a map of Arabia with the routes marked on it.1 volume (425 folios)Divided into three sections as outlined in the scope and content.The file contains a contents page that lists all of the routes included on folios 6-13 and uses the original printed pagination system.Condition: A bound, printed volume.Foliation: The file's foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Please note that f 424 is housed inside f 425.Pagination: The volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.

Language:

English

Type:

Archival file

Type (Narrower):

Other Texts

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Military intelligence
River navigation

Geographic region:

Mesopotamia
Arabian Peninsula

Extent:

1 volume (425 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001d4_ar
81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001d4_en
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/3

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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