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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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COUNTRY EAST OF JEBEL ANSARlYEH 425
and Hama there are some wadis carrying streams from the
highlands on east.
Kuwaik Su .—This river rises near ‘Aintab (see Handbook of
Asia Minor, vol. iv, pt. 2). Flowing west of Aleppo, it takes
a southerly course and at the village of Ansariyeh is spanned
by a bridge carrying the Homs-Aleppo carriage-road. It
is followed on the r. bank, as far as Udeihi, by the railway
which there crosses the stream. The channel here bends
westwards to Khan Tuman, then southwards, finally falling
into El-Matkh, a marsh, after having received a broad and
sluggish affluent on the r. near its outlet. The channel carries
a large volume of water in winter and spring and is well stocked
with fish ; during summer the river is much reduced and,
below Aleppo, it is entirely used up by irrigation. Three
miles above its outlet it is spanned by a modern bridge
carrying the road from Aleppo to Palmyra via J. el-Hass, and
here the river is about 20 yards broad and has a strong current.
Some distance above this, its banks are lined by a narrow fringe
of poplars and fruit trees among which are summer residences
of people of Aleppo besides bee-hive villages. The adjoining
lands are irrigated from the stream.
Nahr ed-Dahab .—This stream rises north-east of the im
portant village of El-Bab. Hereabouts, in ancient times, the
stream was diverted into three underground channels cut in
the rock and, at regular intervals, there are air-holes which
serve as wells. Following a southerly course, it finally
empties into Es-Sabkheh, or Jebbul G61, one of a group of
salt lakes.
Lakes and Marshes
Very little information is obtainable as to the lakes and
marshes E. of the Orontes, most of which are dry in
summer. Those on the western border of the plain appear
to be basins into which winter torrents from the surrounding
mountains, are collected. Some are described as being thickly
overgrown with reeds and water plants which, as in the
case of the fish-stocked lakes S. of Aleppo, provide cover

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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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