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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [265v] (535/738)
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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524
GALILEE
and Lake Tiberias, in which section the river falls from
43 ft. to 682 ft. below sea-level. It is to be noted that W.
et-Tawahin intersects this range west of Safed, but this inden
tation does not really interrupt the continuity of the general
elevation. The southern slope is long and deep, especially in
the east where the range falls down to W. ‘Amud ; the northern
slope towards the interior plateau is much shorter and more
shelving.
The Eastern Range. The mountain range outlined above is
continued almost at right angles along the eastern face of
the highland as far as the northern extremity of Galilee.
Striking away northward from J. Kan‘an its course is marked
by the altitudes of Delata (2,740 ft.), J. el-Ghabiyeh, Khirbet
el-Menareh (2,806 ft.), J. Hunin (2,951 ft.), and Nebi ‘Aweideh
(2,814 ft.), beyond which the ridge is prolonged along the
western side of the Merj ‘Ayun. The range is intersected
between Delata and J. el Ghabiyeh by the remarkable rocky
chasm of the upper reach of W. Hindaj and north of this
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
it forms a secondary watershed of Upper Galilee. The main
water-parting (see below, p. 526) passes somewhat to the west
over J. el-Jermaq, and runs in a sinuous line west of W. Selu-
qiyeh, affluent of the River Qasimiyeh. The slope by which
the Eastern Range as a whole descends to the Upper Jordan
valley is rapid and somewhat precipitous, especially in the
section overlooking the Huleh plain. In its northern section
the western flank of the range falls deeply, first into W.
Seluqiyeh and then into W. ‘Aizaqaneh, the parallel affluent
of the Qasimiyeh. Along the length of the eastern chain
runs an important high road from Safed to Merj ‘Ayun,
through ‘Alma, Meis and Hunin.
The Western Range strikes away from the Southern Range
between the summits of Qarn Hennawi and Nebi Heidar. The
line of summits which marks its course northward is as follows
a short spur dominated by Kisra (2,520 ft.), Khirbet Jubb
Ruheij (2,320 ft.), Khirbet ed-Dabsheh (2,050 ft.) and Ma‘liya
(1,800 ft.). Just north of the last named, the range is inter
sected by the rocky gorge of
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Qarn, and 2 miles farther
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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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