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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [282r] (568/738)
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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HAURAN AND JAULAN
557
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i. Haurdn and Jauldn.
ii. ‘Ajlun and Northern Belqa (the region between Nahr
Yarmuk and
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hesban).
hi. Southern Belqa and Ardh el-Kerak (the region between
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Hesban and Seil el-Hesa).
iv. El-Jibdl and Esh-Shera, comprising the high country
between the ‘Arabah and the Hamad.
.The adjacent regions of Hauran and Jaulan stretch from
the Damascus plain southward to the Yarmuk gorge and to
the unexplored region E. of ‘Ajlun. Taken as a whole they,
along with the Damascus plain, constitute the most fertile
and productive region in Syria, the arable plains of Hauran
and the pasturage of Jaulan being famed throughout the land.
The region is part of the cultivable belt on the western verge
of the desert, through which are carried the great trunk routes
and on which are found all the great cities of the Syrian
hinterland.
Railways are here comparatively well developed, and the line
running S. through the heart of the Hauran communicates with
the ports of Beirut, Haifa and Jaffa. Since these lines have been
built, many of the villages on the plain have largely increased,
and many, previously abandoned, have been reoccupied, while
important trade centres have been established.
Throughout the Hauran, extensive ruins Of ancient cities are
everywhere found, bearing testimony to a past prosperity
which could with little difficulty be revived. The mountain
group of J. ed-Druz, particularly rich in these remains, is the
special reserve of the Druse people. Within its fastnesses this
hardy race has defended itself with some success against
Ottoman oppression, maintaining religious and, to some
extent, political independence.
In northern Jaulan, there are prosperous colonies of Circas
sians who have increased the productiveness of that region
by reclaiming tracts of the basalt-strewn waste. The whole
of Jaulan is famed for its rich pasturage and live stock, but
agriculture, which is chiefly confined to the southern part, is
not progressive.
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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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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:366v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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