!['The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎406] (485/905)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023550132.0x000001/IOL_1947_C_142_0486.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎406] (485/905)")
'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [406] (485/905)
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CHAPTER XVIII.
THE PASHALIK OF ALEPPO.
NORTHERN SYRIA.
Position.—Limits.—Superficies.—Subdivisions of Climate.—Plain of 'Umk.
—Sea-coast.—Edlip.—Jisr Shiigher.—Plain of Aleppo, and its Tells.—
The Koweik or Chains.—Kinnisrln.—Village of Sphiri and Lake of El-
Melak.— The Daradax.— Bdlis.— Thapsacus.— Zelebi.— The Kersln.—
Nizlb.—The Sdjur.—Tell Khalid.—Kal'at-en-Nejm.—-Munbedj.— Corus.
—Kills.—A'zdz.— Convent of St. Simon Stylites.— Murdd Pdshd.—An-
tioch.—Scenery of the Orontes.—Ruins of Seleucia.—Aleppo.—Turkomans.
—Kurds.—Syrians.—Climate.—Earthquakes.—^Vegetable and Animal Pro
ductions.—Imports, Exports, and Commercial Resources.
Syria"™ 0118 of r ^ HE ^ ve subdivisions which prevailed in Syria from the time
of Abu-l-feda to the days of Volney are now represented by
the districts of Damascus, Acre, Tripoli, and Aleppo; the
last of these, which is the subject of the present chapter, owing
to its geographical position and compact form, is the most
important of all.
pkhaUko^ 6 r ^ e P^shalik in question occupies the northern extremity
Aleppo. of Syria, and it extends southward from the borders of Asia
Minor at the foot of the Taurus to Damascus, Tripoli, and
the confines of Arabia Deserta; the Mediterranean Sea and
the bays of the Orontes and Iskenderun being its western
limits, whilst on the eastern side it is separated from Mesopo
tamia by the great river, the promised border of the Israelites.
Its surface contains about 7372 square miles, or is rather
less than that of the kingdom of the Netherlands.
Mountains. The western side is very mountainous, being traversed from
north to south by the elevated range of the Amanus, and in
an eastern direction by its diverging branches. Towards the
centre other offsets run southward from the Taurus to the
neighbourhood of Kills, where they consist of trap and
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The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.
Publication Details: London : Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1850 Printed by W. Clowes and sons, Stamford Street.
Notes: Printer's name from colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. . Only two volumes of text and an atlas containing the maps were published.
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Description: xxvii, [3], 799, [1] p., [29] leaves of plates (1 folded), (the plates are numbered: 1, 3-9, 11-26, 28, 33, 37, 39, 42-43). Vol. 1, p. 705-706 and p. 707-708 are fold-out leaves.
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- 'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.'
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- front, back, spine, head, edge, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:30, 1:8, 8a, 8a, 9:34, 34a:34b, 35:48, 48a:48b, 49:92, 92a:92b, 93:114, 114a:114b, 115:116, 116a:116b, 117:138, 138a:138b, 139:189, 188:198, 198a:198b, 199:208, 208a:208b, 209:212, 212a:212b, 213:230, 230a:230b, 231:266, 266a:266b, 267:310, 310a:310b, 311:324, 324a:324b, 325:336, 336a:336b, 337:350, 350a:350b, 351:368, 368a:368b, 369:392, 392a:392b, 393:406, 406a:406b, 407:426, 426a:426b, 427:432, 432a:432b, 433:470, 470a:470b, 471:490, 490a:490b, 491:526, 526a:526b, 527:596, 596a:596b, 597:616, 616a:616b, 617:622, 622a:622b, 623:636, 636a:636b, 637:704, 704a, 705, 705, 707:802, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
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