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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [270v] (545/738)
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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534
GALILEE
of Galilee : a great marsh which dries up in summer covers
a considerable extent of its eastern part and sometimes
becomes a lagoon, there being no outlet on this side ; the
western portion consists of rich basaltic loamy soil, extremely
fertile and cultivated mostly with wheat, maize, millet, and
lentils.
The Plain of Tor"an, 700 ft. above sea-level, is about 5 miles
in length, but seldom exceeds 1 mile in width. On account of
its fertility it is sometimes called ‘ the golden plain
The Plain of Rameh separates in part the hills of Lower
Galilee from the mountains of Upper Galilee (see p. 517). The
further separation is defined by a succession of wadis which
connect the plain with that of ‘Akka on the W. and with the
Jordan Valley on the E., and which form with the plain
a continuous passage for the high road between ‘Akka, Safed,
Lake Tiberias, and Damascus. The plain which drains partly
into the Mediterranean and partly into Lake Tiberias is 6-7
miles in length and generally about a mile broad, with an
extreme altitude of 1,200 ft. It is very fertile and was at one
time full of fine old olive trees ; the district round is in fact
specially noted for the cultivation of olives.
El-Ghuweir, or the plain of Gennesaret, forming, strictly
speaking, a part of the Gh5r rather than of Galilee, extends
for 3 miles along the western shore of Lake Tiberias, between
a rocky promontory and the hill of ‘Oreimeh, near the
fishing village of Tabghah on the N. and the lofty cliffs of
W. el-Hamam on the S. It recedes in a gradual curve from
the shore at both ends until it becomes a mile and a half in
breadth. It is crossed by wadis ‘Amud, Rabadiyeh, and
Hamam, and is watered by the streams of these, of which
that of Rabadiyeh is much the largest ; there is also a stream
from ‘Ain Madawwereh, a strong spring of clear water which
rises in the plain between the two latter wadis. The banks
of all these brooks are fringed with a profusion of oleanders
and lotus trees. El-Ghuweir is an alluvial plain, a kind of
delta, formed by the united deposits of the streams of the
wadis which open into it and bring down an enormous amount
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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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- 'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919'
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