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File 705/1916 Pt 1 'Arab revolt: reports' [421r] (389/494)
The record is made up of 1 item (226 folios). It was created in 1916. 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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SYRIA
Such items of information as come through from Syria all tend to
show that the situation is satisfactory.
?qqd SUPPLY. The food supply is uneven, and in certain parts great
distress prevails. The Canal expedition was done on the camels
of the peasants of Eastern Syria; Nuri Shalan, it will be remem**
■bered, failed the Turks by sending 1,000 yearlings to Damascus,
yearlings being useless for transport* The E,Syrian camels,
used to wet ground and ddily drinks, died of mange in large
numbers, and the Syrians have now no means of distributing their
food* Corn is cheap in the interior, but at famine prices on
the Coast. In Beirut particularly great distress prevails,
and the ordinary commodities of life cost from double to six
times their normal price.
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