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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [227r] (458/738)
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
447
Jahalin country and, just previous to the war, some
preliminary work had been done by an Americari company
and a metalled road from Hebron to the oil district was in
process of construction.
Flora. —Of woods, in the strict sense, there are none in
Judaea. Apart from olive groves of considerable extent,
trees of various kinds are (or were) only to be found in a very
scattered way throughout the district, and much of this growth
has now probably disappeared. The following are the trees and
shrubs most frequently met with. The oak (of which five
species are found in Judaea) is pretty generally distributed,
but is more frequent in the north than in the south. The
most common variety is the evergreen, with prickly leaves,
of scrub growth. The poplar and willow are very numerous
along the water-courses. The cypress is planted in towns and
cemeteries. The pine (Pintos Pinea, L.) is occasionally found,
but is more common in the districts further to the north.
The palm is confined to the maritime areas, notably round
Gaza and Jaffa. The terebinth, which often grows to a great
size in rocky places and on hill-sides, is common in the districts
N. and W. of Jerusalem, some unusually fine specimens being
found in
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
es-Sant. The walnut is fairly common, usually
near springs. The sycomore fig, a fine tree producing edible
but poor dry fruit, is found in many parts, especially in and
about towns. A very fine specimen grows just below the
Pool of Siloam, near Jerusalem. The gum acacia is the
characteristic and most striking tree of the wadis west of the
Dead Sea south of ‘Ain Jidi, notably of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
es-Seyyal.
The most common shrubs are the hawthorn, of various
lands, mostly thorny, in the mountain region ; the tamarisk
of the variety Tamarix Jordanis, along the banks of the lower
Jordan; and the white broom, in the valley of the Jordan
and its affluent wadis.
Fauna. —Wild animals of the more formidable kind are no
longer found in this district. The ibex or wild goat haunts
the hills and the eastern and southern desert-region towards
the Dead Sea, notably about the wadis Qumran, Sideir, and
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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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