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'A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919' [323v] (651/738)
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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640
EL-JIBAL AND ESH-SHERA
Seil Dhana coming from near the village of Dhana, the two
together continuing in our maps as
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Eedan or If dan.
South of these two wadis may be mentioned : the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Abu
Khusheibeh from the south of Jebel Harun affords the most
usual means of access to Petra, and south of this the Wadis
Gharandel and Muweileh, leading to Delaghah. Again south
are Wadis Turban, Dharbeh, and Muhtedi, and then the far
larger
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
Yitm, rising a long way NNE. in Jebel esh-Shera,
with the most frequented road to Ma‘an from Akaba running
up a great part of its course.
The wadis which run east of El-Jibal and Jebel esh-Shera
are of small importance to the traveller. They are unknown in
their lower courses, and mostly fall into the unexplored de
pression El-Jafar beyond the Hejaz Railway.
The wadis carrying permanent water are chiefly those
running into the Dead Sea, the Ghdr and the northern ‘Arabah.
Continuous observation is necessary to decide whether any
given
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
is perennial or not, and this is at present wanting.
The
wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
at Petra fed by ‘Ain Musa has commonly been des
cribed as perennial, but Dalman has on four successive visits
found it dry : from this single example it may be inferred that
statements as to running water should be received with
caution. It is, however, clear that the upper western slopes
and terrace plains are copiously watered ; and if, in the month
of August, Musil saw many waterfalls tumbling into the gorge
of the Seil er-Rehab, south of Seil ‘Afra, it is almost certain
that in positions even more favourable there are many streams
that never cease to run.
Springs
Springs are numerous in the upper course of all the wadis
and in the lower course of many ; on the east slope they are
found on the high ground near the watershed, but become
rare as the wadis approach the desert. A survey of the
country would doubtless reveal the presence of springs and
wells in very extensive distribution.
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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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