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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [‎188v] (381/738)

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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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370 LEBANON, ANTI-LEBANON, DAMASCUS PLAIN
mountain system runs for approximately 105 miles on a
NNE. and SSW. axis, with an average width of 25 miles and
covers an area of about 2,500 sq. miles. The whole territory
is under the vilayet of Damascus, with the exception of the
small strip at Hermil, which is in the province of Lebanon,
and of Merj ‘Ayun which is in the vilayet of Beirut.
The most northern part of the central depression is adminis
tered by the kaza of Homs in the sanjaq of Hama. South
ward it comes in succession under the kazas of Ba‘albek,
Biqa £ , and Hasbeya, all in the sanjaq of Damascus. Still
farther south the Merj ‘Ayun, under the kaza of the same
name, is in the sanjaq of Beirut. On the west side of the
Orontes, near where the kazas of Ba‘albek and Biqa‘ meet,
the nahiyeh of Hermil is enclaved.
The mountain tract in its northern part comes under the
kaza of Homs. In succession southward it is under the kazas
of Nebk, W. el-‘Ajam, Duma, and Damascus. The western
slopes of Hermon are under the kazas of Rasheya and
Hasbeya; the eastern extremity of Hermon, including
Baniyas, is under the kaza of Quneiterah, in the sanjaq of
Damascus.
Physical Features
The Central Depression .—The great valley plain between
the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges, known in antiquity as
Coelesyria, marks the northern extension of the Ghdr or
Jordanic line of erosion. Lying at an average altitude of
2,500 ft., it stretches for about 100 miles on a NE.-SW.
axis. The middle section is spread out in a wide, fertile and
well cultivated plain. Northward it is gradually constricted
by the spreading base of the maritime range, and becomes
in a large measure infertile, but finally merges into the rich
Homs plateau near the latitude of Quseir. In conformity
with the distinctive character of the mountains, the southern
part retains its fertility but is also reduced in width by
the great base of Hermon. Besides, it is here divided by the
intermediary range of J. edh-Dhahr, a low limestone ridge

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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)
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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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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
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East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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