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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919'

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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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528
GALILEE
W. Kerkereh is a small wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. running parallel with the Qarn
and entering the sea just south of Ras en-Naqurah.
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. el-‘Ezziyeh takes its rise on the main watershed of
Galilee just E. of L ‘Adather at a considerable altitude, and
for about half its course its direction is NNW., and for the
remainder WNW. Descending by a narrow gorge it crosses
the plain of Tyre and enters the sea about 5 miles S. of Tyre.
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. el-Hubeishiyeh. The wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. , so named from the sea to
the village of Jilu, falls into the Mediterranean about 1| miles
N. of Tyre. From Jilu upwards and beyond its confluence
with W. el-Ma’, the main channel is called W. el-‘Ashur ; this
latter is prolonged southwards beyond Deir ‘Amis so as to
make it the recipient of the Ma’, which is considered as the
main headstream of the Hubeishiyeh basin. The W. el-Ma’
descends from the east through a very deep winding gorge
which leads up to the village of Safed el-Battikh (alt. 2,200 ft.);
it has its most remote source just S. of Tibnin. On its
northern bank the Hubeishiyeh receives the Hamraniyeh,
its main affluent, which, for the greater part of its course
runs parallel with the River Qasimiyeh.
(b) Wddi-basins of the eastern slope. Of these, wadis Bireh
and Fejjas join the Middle Jordan ; wadis Hamam, Raba-
diyeh and ‘Amud fall into Lake Tiberias ; and W. el-Hindaj
into the Upper Jordan between Lakes Huleh and Tiberias.
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. el-Blreh. The principal channel of this basin rises on
the northern side of J. et-T5r and another branch has its
source just east of Nazareth. In its middle course the main
channel is known as W. esh-Sherrar, and still higher up as
W. el-Madi. The wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. passes from the hills into the Gh5r by
a fine gorge, which has the noted summit of Kaukab el-Hawa,
‘ the star in the air,’ on its southern side.
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. Fejjas drains the Sahel el-Ahma, and, after a steep
south-easterly course, falls into the Jordan just below its
issue from Lake Tiberias.
Wadi A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows. el-Hamam and W. er-Rabadiyeh, two comparatively
minor wadis, on descending the hills through gorges, cross the
plain of Ghuweir and fall into Lake Tiberias, just north of 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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Reference: IOR/L/MIL/17/16/15
Title: 'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919'
Pages: front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:366v, back-i
Author: East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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