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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [‎316r] (636/738)

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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
625
of Khanzireh. Below the junction of W. el-Far, Seil en-
Nimeireh is known as W. el-Jedeireh, and henceforth receives
only dry watercourses. Its final name is given to it where
it cuts through the hills above the coast. It here issues
through a considerable gorge in the sandstone, and reaches
the sea through the narrow Ghor ez-Zeheir, marshy ground,
thickly grown with tamarisks, oleanders, and other bushes.
Springs and Wells
On the plateau, and eastwards towards the desert, this
district is poor in water ; comparatively few wadis have
perennial brooks, and where this is the case they often run
in such deep ravines as to be for the most part useless
to cultivator or traveller. Springs, wells and water-holes
occur here only at rare intervals. Along the east of the
plateau the following are watering-places for camels. W.
eth-Thamad, an upper section of Seil Heidan (W. el-Waleh),
9-10 m. ESE. of Libb, and some 6 m. west of the Hejaz rail
way at Qakat Dhaba‘: the bed of the w adi has abundant-
ground water over a distance of 3-4 miles, for which it is
only necessary to dig holes 1-2 ft. deep. Hafa’ir el-Hana-
kein, abundant water-holes in Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Hanakein (a section of
W. edh-Dheiqeh, a tributary of Seil Mukheires), are 10-12 m.
SW. of Qatraneh. Lejjun, copious springs forming a pool and
brook, rise on the foot of the hill of El-Fityan near the Roman
camp of Lejjun, 10 m. W. of Qatraneh, and not far from the Qa-
traneh-Kerak road. In the South, Bir en-Na’im (alt. 3,140 ft.)
lies about 11 m. E. by S. of Middin, 8 m. W. of the Hejaz
railway at its nearest point, and some 12 m., as the crow flies,
from the station of Qatraneh ; it is on the E. side of the ridge
Abu Rakbeh, and is said to yield a good supply. Another
well, Bir Bashbash, lies 2J m. west.
In the wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. close SE. of Middin there is a frequented
spring lying not far E. of the road. On the plateau, the
ancient cisterns and reservoirs are still used, though where
these are open, the water is generally allowed to get foul.
Should these .sources of supply fail, recourse must be had to
SYRIA R r

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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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