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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [259r] (522/738)
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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CARMEL
511
‘Athlit, on the coast; pop., native, probably less than 100.
‘Ain Haudh, pop. 283, Mezar, pop. 79, Jeba‘, pop. 406,
‘Ain Ghazal, pop. 737, and Fureidis, pop. 297, form a chain
of villages on the western slopes, between W. Falah and
W. el-Fureidis.
Iqzim, or Ijzim, on the plateau of Carmel, E. of the above
villages; pop. 1,519 andnext to Tireh the most populous centre.
El-Khashm, the prominent upland lying between
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Fureidis and the Nahr ez-Zerqa, on which are situated
Zimmarin and other Jewish colonies and a few native villages ;
total pop., 1,326.
The very great number of ruined sites to be found on almost
every hill-top of Carmel, built mostly of solid material though
but few of them cover any great extent of ground, bear witness
to a population which was formerly much denser than at the
present time. The innumerable ancient olive oil- and wine
presses to be found in places which are now wilderness seem
also to show that both the hills and valleys must formerly
have been more extensively cultivated than is the case now.
Settled communities .—The Druse settlements on Mt. Carmel
are Daliyeh and ‘Usufiya, with their respective dependencies
of Jelamet el-Mansurah and Jelamet el-‘Asafni at the north
eastern foot of the ridge, and they are the most southerly
outposts of the Druse communities of Galilee. The Druses
formerly also occupied El-Khreibeh, Shellaleh and Bostan, but
abandoned these villages during the Egyptian occupation of
1831-40. They came to Carmel about 280 years ago, and
Daliyeh is the most southern village in Syria occupied by them.
Their spiritual head is the Sheikh of Julis (Galilee), They
are most industrious tillers of the soil, but there is a marked
difference between the two villages, the people of Daliyeh
being reported of a far superior class to those of ‘Usufiya.
Native Christians are to be found, outside of Haifa, only
at ‘Usufiya where some 150, or about one-fourth of the total
population, share this village with the Druses. They are of
the Greek Church, and their khuri, or pastor, is appointed
by the Uniate Archbishop of ‘Akka. In civil matters 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]
- 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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