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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [195r] (394/738)
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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ANTI-LEBANON
383
ridges and swells to W. Musakhamin separating the third and
fourth chains. The western slopes in general fall gradually,
but those on the eastern side are abrupt and in places
precipitous.
At the commencement of the chain the mountains merge
into J. esh-Sharqi and, at Halbun, alt. 4,280 ft., are inter
sected by the fertile gorge W. Halbun in the upper stretches
of which rises a stream of the same name. This stream
continues across the almost entirely desert tract, Es-Sahra,
in a deep gorge fdled with trees, and is later joined by W.
Menin also a fertile gorge with a perennial stream. The
trunk stream then breaks through the easternmost chain to
the plain carrying the Nahr Ma‘raba which, with the parallel
N. Barada, is the only important stream on the eastern slopes
of Anti-Lebanon. A lateral ridge separates the Sahra upland
from the higher Sahel Saidnaya, the slopes of which on the
Sahra side are steep and barren while, on the opposite side,
they are gentle and extensively cultivated. On the south
eastern flank of J. Qalamun stands the important village of
Saidnaya, alt. 4,500 ft., overlooking a wild and rugged valley ;
here the chain is crossed by a track to Jubb Sureir. Toward
‘ Akbbar the chain decreases in height while the plain increases
in width and becomes unfertile. The water drainage of the
tableland from ‘Akdbar and Ma‘lula runs NE., while that
of Saidnaya and Ma‘areh runs into
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Menin. Beyond
‘Akdbar the chain continues for 20 miles or so as a ridge with a
jagged crest. As it approaches Ma‘lula the ridge is twice
broken, once by a gorge leading to the village of Jubb
‘Adin and again where the Yabrud road passes through a
gorge to the higher hills. About 3 miles farther on, the
ridge curves sharply inward, but later resumes its NE.
direction. In the meantime it has formed an amphitheatre
like basin, bounded by immense cliffs which are pierced at
the two extremities by rapidly ascending gorges. Great
rocks or boulders lie on the steep slopes, or are heaped at
the base of the cliff. The limestone soil is of dazzling white
ness, especially just outside the amphitheatre, where there
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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)
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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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