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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [‎170v] (345/738)

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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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334 JEBEL ANSARlYEH
Castles and Ztyareh’s
Castles
The whole of the range is studded with mediaeval castles
often covering earlier foundations ; they are conspicuous
landmarks and, like the ziyarehs, give their names to the
peaks and spurs on which they stand. By reason of their
functions as defences against invasion from the sea or the
eastern plain, as protectors of the highways, and as local
strongholds, they occupy important strategic positions. They
are often within signalling reach of each other. A few of the
remains cover very considerable areas, and within some of
them important villages and centres of local administration
now find protection. The wild and lawless life of the rebellious
Ansariyeh and Isma‘iliyeh approximate to conditions of life
associated with such strongholds. The following are the
principal:
QaVat ez-Zau, also named El-Quseir, alt. 1,240 ft., is one
of the most northern castles and lies about 8 miles S. of
Antioch. It stands on a wooded limestone paak isolated on
all sides save the SW. where it is attached to and commanded
by a higher mountain on which stands the cupola of Weli
Sheikh ‘Ali. The cliffs surrounding it fall precipitously to the
bed of N. el-Bawardeh and its affluent. In shape it is an
irregular polygon, and only the eastern part of the fortifications
remains. A track follows along the banks of the river N. and
E. from which latter side a branch track leads up to the castle.
QaVat esh-Shughr, dominating the Orontes valley N. of Jisr
esh-Shughr, stands on the crest of a spur with precipitous
flanks on all sides save the S. where it is isolated from the
mountain by a wide and deep fosse. It lies in the bend of
N. el-Abyadh, which doubles round its northern end and
flows southwards along its eastern flank. A track from
Shughr el-Qadim on the SW. follows the valleys and crosses
the stream by a bridge on the NW., doubling round the N.
end of the spur and following the 1. bank of the stream.

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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)
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
Author
East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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