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IOR/L/MIL/17/16/15
- Record Id:
- 040-000799174
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000799157
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001e0
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100033279910.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/MIL/17/16/15
- Title:
- A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919
- Scope & Content:
-
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 abd 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]
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000256868
036-000788810
037-000799157
038-000799173
040-000799174 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/MIL : Records of the Military Department
IOR/L/MIL/17 : Military Department Library
IOR/L/MIL/17/16 : Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/15-16 : Syria
IOR/L/MIL/17/16/15 : A handbook of Syria (including Palestine). London: Naval Staff Intelligence Department, June 1919 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000256868[0017]/036-000788810[0016]/037-000799157[0002]/038-000799173[0001]/040-000799174
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/MIL
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (365 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000239.0x0001e0
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1919
- End Date:
- 1919
- Date Range:
- 1919
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 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 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.
- Former External References:
- I.D. 1215
- Arrangement:
- The volume contains a contents page (folio 6) and an index (folios 338-365).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)