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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [26v] (57/738)
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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48
CLIMATE
During south winds and calms, mists frequently roll up the
valley from the Dead Sea which the sun disperses in the after
noon.
Wind .—The wind observations in the Jordan valley are very
scanty. As far as may be judged at Melhamiyeh west winds
predominate throughout the spring and summer, attaining a
maximum of frequency in July and changing to north-west in
August. In winter and spring north winds are fairly common,
and windless days, especially in winter, are frequent all through
the year. The average wind force at noon is much greater
than during the morning and evening. The morning and
evening forces are about equal. In summer the noon wind
force is on the average three to four times greater than in the
morning and evening. As in other parts of the country, the
maximum wind force observed is from 5-7 (Beaufort scale).
At Jericho conditions are somewhat different. While the
average noon wind force is much greater than the morning,
the evening wind is on the average 50 per cent, greater, thus
increasing the means of the three observations and making
the average wind force at Jericho greater than at Melhamiyeh.
Calms are also fewer, north and south winds more prevalent,
south-west rare, and the west winds change to north-west in
the spring instead of in autumn as at Melhamiyeh. On the
Dead Sea in the winter months, as already noted, sudden and
violent gusts and storms prevail till the end of April when
calmer weather accompanied by intense heat sets in. In the
calmer weather, from 9 hr. to 15 hr., it is generally windless or
a slight south wind may blow which after that time to sunset
changes to a north wind. Easterly and westerly winds are
rare.
Nekhl
Lat. 29° 54' N., long. 33° 45' E., alt. 1,300 ft.
This station is not in Syria but on the plateau of North Sinai
sufficiently near the frontier to give an idea of the climate of
the southern region in the absence of a station in Syria proper.
Temperature. The main characteristic of this region is the *
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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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- 'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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