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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [221r] (446/738)
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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JUDAEA
435
of accumulated underground waters held up in the maritime
plain by the sand dunes which fringe the whole of the coast.
The course of perennial flow of water of all the streams is
short and the current generally slow—the length of the
‘Auja, the longest, being not more than 15-20 miles. Some
of their tributary wadis, higher up, however, hold disconnected
stretches of water during longer or shorter periods of the
year, as e.g. W. es-Sarar, tributary of the ‘Auja. In none of
the streams is the volume of water reaching the sea very
great and, with the possible exception of the ‘Auja, they are
of little economic importance. This is the only stream which
carries even small boats. But though they bring com
paratively little water, each is the ultimate outlet to the
sea of a basin of a complex system of wadis in the interior.
The principal streams, enumerating from S. to N., are the
following : W. Ghazzeh, W. el-Hesi, N. Sukereir, N. Rubin,
N. el-‘Auja, N. el-Faliq, N. Iskanderuneh, N. el-Mefjir, and
N. ez-Zerqa. Of these, the first five belong to Judaea; the
remainder are treated under Samaria.
(1)
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Ghazzeh runs into the sea about 5 miles SW.
of Gaza. It has two important branches which pene
trate Judaean territory—W. el-Khalll, a long arm which
has its head near Hebron and joins the main valley a few
miles E. of Beersheba ; and W. esh-Sheri‘eh, which passes
Tell esh-Sheri‘eh and crosses the Gaza-Beersheba road at
Abu Hareireh, to join the Ghazzeh about 8 miles from its
mouth.
Musil (in Arabia Petraea, II, i. p. 14) says that the main
channel of W. Ghazzeh carries perennial water from Bir
Shanaq some 17 miles upstream; but Dalman says this
statement was based on hearsay evidence only, and adds that
there may be permanent stretches of pool as far up as this
point, but certainly not a permanent flow of water. Baumert,
a Consular Secretary in Jaffa, states that an actual permanent
water-course begins at about 1 j mile from the coast, just
below the point at which the Khan Yunis-Gaza road
crosses it. As to the W. esh-SheiTeh, Dalman reports that.
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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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- 'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919'
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