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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [96v] (197/738)
The record is made up of 1 volume (365 folios). It was created in 1919. It was written in English. 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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186
INHABITANTS
language. The British occupation of Egypt in 1882 produced
a further stream whose destination was considerably nearer
home. The demand for English-speaking and English-
trained doctors, lawyers, surveyors, engineers, clerks and
accountants, for the Anglo-Egyptian military and civil service,
after the British occupation, tempted the best-trained youth
of Syria to go to Egypt. In 1907 the wealth of the Syrian
residents in Egypt was estimated at £E.50,000,000 or one-
tenth of the whole wealth of the country. The opening for
Syrian dealers in Oriental wares and fabrics in North and
South America, Mexico, and Australia, sent constantly
increasing numbers to seek their fortune beyond the seas.
Then steamship and emigration agencies visited the towns and
villages, and by the praises which they bestowed on the
United States, Brazil, the Argentine, &e., induced numbers
to join the movement.
Of places in Palestine where emigration is common the
most notable would seem to be Bethlehem ; little colonies
from this place, whose inhabitants are particularly enter
prising, are to be found not only in America, but also in
Hayti, Australia, East Africa, and other lands. In 1913 the
emigration from the sanjaq of Jerusalem was estimated at
3,000, chiefly young men—Moslems, Jews, and Christians in
about equal proportions. Quite recent writers also speak of
a movement from Galilee. The chief centre of emigration
would, however, seem to be Lebanon, which native writers
usually describe in this context. It is calculated that the
population of Lebanon diminished by at least one quarter
(100,000) in consequence of emigration between 1900 and
1914. The long connection of the Maronites with Rome and
the strong American influence have rendered the notion of
emigration to foreign countries more familiar here than
elsewhere. In 1905 emigration had taken place on so vast
a scale that there was difficulty in obtaining the necessary
labour for cultivation of the corn, the mulberry, and the vine.
The population is mainly Christian; but large numbers
of the sect called Metawileh, who dwell in the province,
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Admiralty handbook regarding Syria (including Palestine) 'to as far north as the River Orontes and a line Antioch-Aleppo-Meskeneh. For details of the part of Syria beyond this line reference must be made to the Handbook of Asia Minor , Vol. iv, Part 2 (C.B. 847 C).'
'Contents. Chapters:
- I. Boundaries and Physical Survey, p 9 (folio 7)
- II. Climate, p 24 (folio 14v)
- III. Minerals, Flora and Fauna, p 93 (folio 50)
- IV. Military History, p 109 (folio 58)
- V. Inhabitants, p 175 (folio 91)
- VI. Turkish Administration, p 236 (folio 121v)
- VII. Agriculture, p 252 (folio 129v)
- VIII. Industry and Trade, p 276 (folio 141v)
- IX. Currency, Weights and Measures, p 318 (folio 162v)
- X. Jebel Ansarīyeh, p 325 (folio 166)
- XI. Country East of Jebel Ansarīyeh, p 344 (folio 175v)
- XII. Lebanon, Anti-Lebanon, and Damascus Plain, p 357 (folio 182)
- XIII. River Systems of Northern Syria, p 395 (folio 201)
- XIV. Judea and the Southern Desert, p 427 (folio 217)
- XV. Samaria (including Carmel), p 472 (folio 239v)
- XVI. Galilee, p 515 (folio 261)
- XVII. Haurān and Jaulān, p 556 (folio 281v)
- XVIII. 'Ajlūn and Northern Belqa, p 580 (folio 293v)
- XIX. Southern Belqa and Ardh el-Kerak, p 612 (folio 309v)
- XX. El-Jibāl and Esh-Shera, p 636 (folio 321v)
- XXI. The Ghōr (Jordan and the Dead Sea); and Wādi 'Arabah, p 645 (folio 326)
- Appendix: Conventional Spellings, p 668 (folio 337v)
- Index, p 669 (folio 338)
- Plates, p 725' [missing]
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (365 folios)
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The volume contains a contents page (folio 6) and an index (folios 338-365).
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1 and terminates at the inside back cover with 367; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence. The volume originally contained fourteen plates showing maps, bound into the back of the volume. These are now missing; details of the plates can be found at folio 5v.
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- 'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:366v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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