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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [‎132v] (269/738)

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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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258
AGRICULTURE
a drier climate than wheat and so is an important product
of the plains of Gaza. It is the chief product of the plains of
Homs and Hama. In Syria it is largely used as fodder (oats
not being much grown). It is exported from the districts of
Gaza and Homs for use in English breweries. The Gaza'crop
is ripe at the end of April and ready for exportation in July.
Dhura
After wheat and barley this is the principal cereal {Sorghum
vulgare, i. e. sqrgho or mais blanc). It is a summer crop and
does not need much moisture. It gives a high return in
proportion to the seed sown (60 to 80 fold). It is an im
portant substitute for wheat in districts where wheat cannot
be grown and is made into a second quality of bread.
Bread is also made from dhura mixed with flour.
This is the plant known as Indian millet, Turkish millet,
and great millet (Indian judr) and is sometimes referred
to simply as millet, although it is to be distinguished from
millet proper which also grows in Syria (Panicum miliaceum,
Arab, dukhn). As the Arabic word dhura denotes maize as
well as sorgho (see below) the latter is distinguished when
necessary by being called dhura beidha. In Egypt sorgho is
known as dhura shdmi (Syrian dhura) and maize as dhura
misri (Egyptian dhura).
Other Cereals
Other cereals are of less importance. Maize is a summer
crop of foreign origin. It needs a high temperature and
considerable moisture. Both the ordinary yellow maize
{dhura safra) and a small amount of reddish maize {dhura
hamra) are grown. Rice is also of foreign origin. It grows
only in very moist ground. The district of Lake Huleh is
suitable for it. It is more cultivated in the neighbourhood
of Mar‘ash, which, however, lies beyond Syria proper. Rye
and oats are very seldom grown. Millet is indigenous to the
country. Its seeds are used for feeding birds and are ground
and mixed with wheat and barley to make bread.

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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]
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1 volume (365 folios)
Arrangement

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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Title
'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
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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