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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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PHYSICAL FEATURES
Watercourses in ‘Ajliin
W. Rdjib, rising about 3 m. due west of Suf, near the culmi
nating point of the country, is separated from N. ez-Zerqa
by the southern part of the main watershed, the course of
which it follows on the northern side, descending first almost
S., then turning WSW., to flow down to Jordan. It carries
water almost from its head, and is the most copious stream
between Zerqa and Yarmuk, though much diversion for pur
poses of irrigation reduces the volume in its lower reaches.
It is known successively as W. el-Khadhr, W. Hammur, W.
‘Arabian, and W. Rajib, and like all the western ‘Ajlun water
courses runs mostly in a deep narrow valley, partially wooded,
and rich in waterside growths ; it is most open, and has most
cultivable ground, near the village of Rajib. On the 1.
(southern) bank, where the watershed is generally near, its
affluents are short and of no importance, the only tributary
of any length on this side being W. es-Suq (W. Sham), which
comes in from the E., rising south of Sakib ; it has no perennial
brook. Along its lower course the water-parting dividing
it from W. Kefrinji to N. abuts close upon the bed, but recedes
above the village of Rajib, and leaves space for an affluent
with extensive branches, rising near the head of the main
stream and S. of El-Bediyeh : the lowest branch on the 1. bank,
W. Sarabis, alone carries a permanent stream, having springs
in its valley. An irrigation-channel more than a mile long
runs along the north bank from Rajib westwards.
W. Kefrinji is important as having on its banks the three
large villages of Kefrinji, ‘Ajlun, and ‘Ain Janna its upper
middle valley forming the heart of higher ‘Ajlun, a beautiful
and healthy region, still finely wooded. Rising on the main
watershed west of Suf close to the north of W. Rajib, and flowing
in a general SW. direction, it has apparently fewer local names
than other watercourses of its length, and is generally known
as W. Kefrinji or W. ‘Ajlun. It begins to carry water about
4 m. from its head, just above the village of ‘Ain Janna, and
is swollen at ‘Ajlun by a brook from its northern tributary,

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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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Title
'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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