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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [‎314r] (632/738)

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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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PHYSICAL FEATURES
621
W. el-Habis, running under that name almost S. for 13 miles.
It then turns W. not far N. of Libb, making a great loop to
the spring ‘Ain ez-Zerqa, 3 m. SSW. of Ma‘In. It is now
perennial, and agains turn S. for 3-4 m., with the name Zerqa
Ma‘in, running in an impassable ravine ; a final westerly bend
takes it down to the Dead Sea through a deep but more open
gorge of sandstone and volcanic rock : in this section there
are many springs, including the well-known hot springs
Hammam ez-Zerqa, about 3 m. from the sea. It issues into
the Dead Sea through a cleft in the dark sandstone not
more than 25 yds. across, the cliffs rising for some 300 ft.
on either side. The rapid stream, still warm from the hot
springs, runs out through boulders and vegetation to a small
beach of gravel, sand and rock, on which are scattered tama
risks, willows and reeds. In 1874 Kersten came down the
r. bank, from the springs to the shore in 3 hrs., the track
being evidently difficult.
W. d-Kerak rises in the fertile tract of Khor el-Mezar near
Jafar, 9-10 miles due S. of Kerak town. In its upper course
it is known as W. es-Senineh and W. el-Hanish ; under the
latter name it deepens its channel, running through banks
150 ft. high. From ‘Ain Jahra, NE. of Kefrabbeh, it is called
W. el-Bawab ; here, from El-Meiseh and the ridge running N.
of that hill, it receives several affluents, after the junction of
which it is perennial, much of its water coming from the large
spring, ‘Ain el-Franj, at the SW. foot of the hill on which
the town stands. It is here known as Seil el-Medabegh :
the right bank is about 330 ft. high, the left only half that
height, rising to a small plateau dominated by Qenan Abu
Jidyan. At the NW. corner of Kerak it is joined on the r. by
W. el-Maliheh. This deep watercourse comes round from the
north and east sides of the hill from a point far to the SSE.,
near Middin. It is first known as W. Sadur el-Maghar,
W. Hawiyeh and W. el-Biyar, receiving on the r. bank
W. el-Bunduqaniyeh and on the 1. bank W. es-Sitt, the
latter known in its upper course as W. el-Mesateb and
W. et-Tewei. After the junction of W. es-Sitt, it for a short

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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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