The Handbook of Palestine
THE HANDBOOK OF
PALESTINE
EDITED BY
HARRY CHARLES LUKE, B.Litt., M.A.
ASSISTANT GOVERNOR OF JERUSALEM
AND
EDWARD KEITH-ROACH
ASSISTANT CHIEF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF PALESTINE
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
The Right Hon. SIR HERBERT SAMUEL, P.C., G.B.E.
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR PALESTINE
Issued under the Authority of
the Government of Palestine
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON
1922
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Frontispiece
DOME OF THE ROCK AND DOME OF THE CHAIN, JERUSALEM.
From a Drawing by Benton Fletcher.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| Introduction | xi
| |
| PART I | ||
| GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY | ||
| § 1. | Introductory | 1 |
| § 2. | Geography and Scenery | 2 |
| § 3. | Palestine in Biblical Times | 5 |
| § 4. | Palestine under Rome, Byzantium and the Arabs | 12 |
| § 5. | The Crusades | 15 |
| § 6. | Palestine under the Mamelukes and Turks | 21 |
| § 7. | Palestine under the British Mandate | 24
|
| PART II | ||
| PEOPLES AND RELIGIONS | ||
| § 1. | Race and Language | 32 |
| § 2. | Population | 32 |
| § 3. | Arabs and Syrians | 34 |
| § 4. | Circassians, Bosnians and Magharbeh | 35 |
| § 5. | Islam in Palestine | 36 |
| § 6. | The Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem | 39 |
| § 7. | The Latin Church in Palestine | 41 |
| § 8. | The Uniate Churches | 43 |
| § 9. | The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem | 44 |
| § 10. | Jacobites, Copts and Abyssinians | 44 |
| § 11. | The Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem | 45 |
| § 12. | The 'American Colony' | 48 |
| § 13. | The German Templar Community | 48 |
| § 14. | The Jews | 49 |
| § 15. | The Jewish Colonies | 55 |
| § 16. | The Samaritans | 56 |
| § 17. | Druses and Metawileh | 57 |
| § 18. | The Bahaʾis | 58
|
| PART III | ||
| PLACES OF INTEREST | ||
| § 1. | Archaeology and Art in Palestine | 60 |
| § 2. | Department of Antiquities | 74 |
| § 3. | The Palestine Museum | 75 |
| § 4. | Coins | 77 |
| § 5. | The Southern Province | 80 |
| § 6. | Jerusalem and Jaffa Province | 86 |
| § 7. | Samaria Province | 101 |
| § 8. | The Northern Province | 104
|
| PART IV | ||
| COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION FOR TOURISTS | ||
| § 1. | Palestine as a Tourist Resort | 110 |
| § 2. | Routes to Palestine | 113 |
| § 3. | Inland Communications | 115 |
| § 4. | Accommodation | 122 |
| § 5. | Books of Reference | 123 |
| § 6. | Mineral Springs of Palestine | 125 |
| § 7. | Weights and Measures | 126 |
| § 8. | Table of Sunrise and Sunset in Palestine | 129 |
| § 9. | Festivals | 130 |
| § 10. | The Pro-Jerusalem Society | 131
|
| PART V | ||
| GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES | ||
| § 1. | System of Administration | 133 |
| § 2. | Administration of Justice | 137 |
| § 3. | Finance, Currency and Banking | 144 |
| § 4. | Customs | |
| § 5. | Commerce and Industry | 169 |
| § 6. | Immigration | 171 |
| § 7. | Education | 173 |
| § 8. | Land Tenure | 181 |
| § 9. | Agriculture and Forestry | 186 |
| § 10. | Public Works and Harbours | 195 |
| § 11. | Palestine Railways | 198 |
| § 12. | Public Security | 202 |
| § 13. | Medical and Meteorological | 204 |
| § 14. | Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones | 210 |
| § 15. | Municipalities | 224 |
| § 16. | Parliamentary Papers | 226 |
| § 17. | Trans-jordania | 227
|
| PART VI | ||
| GEOLOGY, MINING AND NATURAL HISTORY | ||
| § 1. | Geology | 229 |
| § 2. | Mineral Resources | 238 |
| § 3. | Mammalia | 242 |
| § 4. | Birds | 243 |
| § 5. | Reptilia | 256 |
| § 6. | Fishes | 260 |
| § 7. | Insects | 261 |
| § 8. | Animal, Insect and Vegetable Pests | 264 |
| § 9. | Game Preservation | 265 |
| § 10. | Flora | 266
|
| PART VII | ||
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||
| § 1. | Moslem, Orthodox and Jewish Kalendars | 267 |
| § 2. | Official Holidays | 272 |
| § 3. | Transliteration | 273 |
| § 4. | Newspapers and Periodicals | 276 |
| § 5. | War Cemeteries in Palestine | 276} |
| § 6. | Foreign Consuls in Palestine | 277 |
| § 7. | Boy Scouts and Girl Guides | 278 |
| § 8. | R.S.P.C.A. | 279
|
| APPENDIX | ||
| Mandate for Palestine | 280 | |
| Index | 291 | |
| Railway Map of Palestine and Trans-jordania | ||
| In pocket at end of volume | ||
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