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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [209v] (423/738)
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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412 RIVER SYSTEMS OF NORTHERN SYRIA
the town of Tripoli, at the north end of which it is crossed by
a bridge carrying the Homs carriage-road, it takes a north
westerly direction to the sea 23, miles distant.
Nahr el-Bdrid .—The sources of this river are in the northern
slopes of Lebanon at the base of J. ‘Akkar. Above the village
of Sir there is a spring, Neba‘ el-Mas-hur, which is very copious
in spring and early summer from the percolation of melted
snow. The main channel runs north-west through a gorge
forming the southern boundary of the district of ‘Akkar and,
a few miles from the coast, the stream in July is deep and rapid
with a stony bottom, and is fordable with difficulty. Before
falling into the sea 9 miles north of Tripoli, it passes under a
3-arched masonry bridge which carries the Tripoli-Homs road;
here it is about 50 yds. wide and 2 ft. deep and has a rapid
current.
Nahr l Aklcdr .—This stream takes its name from the district
of Jurd ‘Akkar where it rises and its sources consist of numerous
rivulets which tumble down from the rugged mountains and
unite below the castle of ‘Akkar. The stream issues from the
hills into the plain 21 miles east of the bridge of three arches
carrying the Homs road. A large canal is here carried off to
irrigate the plain and, from this point, the stream is also
known as N. Khureibeh. It empties into the bay of ‘Akkar.
About 6 miles from the sea it is crossed by a bridge bearing
the Tripoli-Homs railway, and here the stream is 50 ft.
wide and very deep, with a gravelly bed and clay banks.
Near its mouth it is spanned by an old bridge carrying the
coast road.
Nahr el-Kehlr .—This is the largest of the streams which
intersect the coastal plain of ‘Akkar. Its most remote source
is in W. Khalid, which runs irregularly northwards along the
high northern slopes of the Lebanon range and then trends
westward in its descent to the Buqei‘ah plain, between the
Lebanon and Ansariyeh mountains. The other main feeder
of the river, W. Nasir, runs down from the trap mountains
of the Ansariyeh north-east of Qal‘at el-Husn, but contains
no permanent stream. From the junction to the sea, 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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