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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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SYRIA UNDER THE KHALIFS
129
VII. Syria under the Khalifs (7th-11th centuries a.d.)
Egypt and Syria
For 100 years after the Arab conquest Syria'enjoyed almost
unbroken peace within its borders. The country was part of
a great Arab or Moslem empire, ruled by the Omayyad line
of Khalifs. Though their capital was Damascus they were
not in any special sense Syrian rulers. Thus the military
forces of Syria were not tested, as such, either in civil war or
in the wars with the Greek empire which were fought in Asia
Minor. The Syrian border was not as yet seriously threatened
from Asia Minor.
After the overthrow of the Omayyad dynasty (a. d. 750)
and the establishment of the ‘Abbasite khalifs, with their
capital at Bagdad, Syria, and all the provinces of the empire,
move towards a resumption of their ancient national histories.
The ‘Abbasite khalifs never held the allegiance of Syria as the
Omayyads did. The country begins at once to resolve itself
into its old divisions. The Arab tribes lead the way in the
separatist movement. By the middle or the end of the ninth
century Syria stands once more apart, in its accustomed
relation to Egypt on the south and to the rulers of Meso
potamia north-eastwards.
The first Egyptian governor who became practically
independent of the Khalifs of Bagdad was Ahmed ibn Tulun
(870-84). He added Syria to his emirate and so long as his
family ruled they continued to be in a manner the overlords
of Syria. A later line of Egyptian rulers, the Ikhshid family
(935-69), mastered southern Syria, including Damascus.
The rest of the country was subject to the emir of Aleppo,
Seif ed-din ‘Ali (944-67). The division between north and
south was finally regulated by treaty. Seif ed-din’s territory
included Cilicia and Euphratesia, as well as northern Syria.
The Qarmatians were troublesome rivals of the Egyptians
in the tenth century in the south, and invaded Syria in a. d.
903-6, 964, and 968. They were Arab adherents of a Moslem
sect whose power began in the latter part of the ninth century.
SYRIA £

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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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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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