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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [315r] (634/738)
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 FEATURES
623
course W. el-Heri, runs to N. of the ridge which culminates
eastward in the commanding hill El-Maslubiyeh ; it enters
the Dead Sea just N. of ‘Ain Suweimeh, the bed being here
about 300 yds. broad, with steep banks difficult to cross.
South of El-Maslubiyeh ridge is W. ‘Anazeh or W. Meshabbeh,
also called, in its upper course, W. ‘Ayun edh-Dhib, which
reaches the sea about 7 m. N. of W. Zerqa Ma‘In. Rising
NW. of Ma‘in, it is not at first perennial, but is described
as having permanent water for two or three miles below the
spring ‘Ain edh-Dhib ; this
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
is also styled W. Ghuweir
by some authorities in its lower course. Between this point
and the mouth of W. Zerqa Ma‘in are several small wadis
the names of which do not appear to be finally determined.
South of W. Zerqa, descending the slopes of El-Jibal, are
other lesser wadis ; they include Seil Saqarah and Seil ‘Atun,
which bound the small maritime plain of Ez-Zara (see p.615 ),
and Seil edh-Dhabiyeh, the last of any consequence before
W. Mojib.
A few miles south of W. Mdjib, Seil esh-Sheqeiq, brings down
a strong brook from ‘Ain Merenayim, 4-5 miles away. The
upper branches of Seil el-Fawwar, W. el-Yaruth and Seil
el-Jubeibeh, rise NW. of Rabbeh, near Teidun; after their
junction at ‘Ain Jubeibeh, the now perennial stream is called
Seil el-Minqa‘ah, receiving the name El-Fawwar at the gorge
through which it enters Ghor el-Haditheh. The valley of the
next
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
, Seil el-Haditheh, lies beyond the ridge of J. el-
Mehajein. It is formed as W. Beni Hammad by the confluence,
below the plateau west of Dimneh, of three watercourses rising
further S. not far from Rabbeh : W. el-Baghl, W. el-Maqased
and Seil el-Megheisel, the two latter carrying brooks ; it is
perennial from the confluence to the sea. As
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Beni
Hammad, it flows in a deep bed with very high sides, a
narrow cultivated strip of land extending about 2 miles to
the junction of Seil el-‘Arabi on the 1. bank. Lower down,
on the S. side, is a hot spring, Umm Qal ah, possibly still
choked, as it was in 1898. The brook is now broader and,
some 3 m. from the junction of Seil el-‘Arabi, a better hot
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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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