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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [22r] (48/738)
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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CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA 39
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below the temperature of Jerusalem and Hebron. The highest
mean monthly maximum and the absolute maximum recorded,
87-3° F. and 97° F. respectively, are considerably below the
average, as also are the lowest mean monthly and absolute
minima, 27-1° F. and 21 •2° F. respectively. The climate is
therefore cooler than that of the southern highlands and
much cooler than on the coast and in the valley of Jordan.
Rainfall.—The mean annual rainfall is more than twice
the average of the country as a whole being equal to 59-7 in.,
with an average of 85 rain days, and over one-third of this
rain falls in the two months January and December. It
will be useful to remember that the average rainfall of Syria
is about equal to that of London, but, being confined to half
the year is more intense. A maximum monthly rainfall of
19-75 in. has been recorded at El-Qareya both in February
and March and 18-6 in. in December.
Glovd .—As regards cloud there is not much difference in
winter between the various high stations, but in summer
it is much cloudier at El-Qareya than at Jerusalem or Hebron.
Relative humidity does not differ from the average of the
highlands, the maximum 75 per cent, occurs, as elsewhere,
in January, the minimum 57 per cent, in May.
Winds .—In the winter and spring, winds prevail from
east to south-east and from south-west to west. In the
summer the easterly factor disappears, and west and north
west winds prevail (the former being predominant). The
north-west wind diminishes in the autumn and easterly
winds reappear, the west wind being still the most prevalent.
Calms are frequent ; in the summer they average 48 per
cent, of the wind observations and, in the other seasons,
30 per cent.
J erusalem
Lat. 31° 46' 40" N., long. 35° 13' 30" E., alt. 2,200 ft. above
sea-level.
The following facts, which are taken from the publications
of the Palestine Exploration Fund, cover a period of 20-41
years.
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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]
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (365 folios)
- Arrangement
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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- 'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919'
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