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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [286r] (576/738)
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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PHYSICAL SURVEY OF HAURlN
565
the middle, from the base of Quleib, there runs a shallow
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
11 to 2 miles wide and, on the extremity of the eastern ridge
thus formed, stands the castle of Salkhad. Here the flanks
and summits show signs of ancient cultivation in the numerous
fenced fields which can be everywhere traced. The gentle
slopes were at one time thickly planted with vines and the
steep declivities still retain their ancient terraces. In the
thirteenth century the vineyards of Salkhad and the gardens
of Bosrah were famous.
The foothills to S. and SW. roll with gradually diminishing
abruptness to settle into a gently undulating surface. Here
and there conical tells and craters rise conspicuously and
nowhere is there any considerable area of level plain. The
courses of numerous wadis, almost all of which are dry in
summer, find their way tortuously from the higher slopes.
From the south-western base of the mountain commences
W. ez-Zeidi which cuts westward through the plain. The
upper waters of this
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
rise SE. of Zaleh at a spring Ras
el-Bedr and flow westward in a
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
of that name, carrying
perennial water as far as Bosrah.
On the eastern flank of J. ed-Druz near Zaleh, there is
a copious spring which makes that place much frequented
by Arabs ; the stream loses itself in the plain eastward. The
eastern base falls to a fine arable tract dotted with tells and
ruined cities and desolate villages ; there are no springs, but
water can be found at 3 to 4 ft. under the surface. This arable
belt stretches a short distance towards the Syrian desert. There
are many excellent pastures on the eastern slopes, which support
large flocks chiefly of goats. On these slopes and at the foot
of the mountain there are upwards of 200 villages, mostly
deserted, situated at distances of to 2 miles apart.
The central and southern sections of the range possess
features of great beauty : graceful wooded slopes, wild glens,
bold precipices, and picturesque vales are seen on every hand.
The whole of the loftier portion is clothed with forests of ever
green oaks The northern and eastern slopes are destitute
of trees. Alongside of naked tells and extensive outcrops
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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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- 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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