"بعثة لإجراء عملية مسح لنهري دجلة والفرات، تم تنفيذها بأمر من الحكومة البريطانية، في السنوات ١٨٣٥، ١٨٣٦، ١٨٣٧؛ تسبقها إشعارات جغرافية وتاريخية للمناطق الواقعة بين نهري النيل والسند. في أربعة مجلّدات. مع أربع عشرة خريطة ورسمًا، ومزينة بثلاث عشرة لوحة، بالإضافة للعديد من الرسومات بالحفر على الخشب. المجلّد الأول." [‎٤‎٤‎٩] (٩٠٥/٥٣٤)

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CHAPTER XIX.
PiSHALIKS OF TRIPOLI AND 'AKKA.
Mountains, Rivers, and Sub-divisions of Tripoli.—Towns of Tortosa, Markab,
Jebili, and Ladikiyeh.—El Futeh and Districts of the Interior.—City of
Tripoli, Ancient and Modern.—Island of Cyprus; Extent, Surface, &c.—
Towns of Nikosia, Famagosta, and Larnika.—Products.—Ancient Names
and History.
PdsMlik of 'Akkd; Limits, &c,—Plains of Jezreel, Esdraelon, &c.—Villages
of Nairi, Ehdor, &c.—Mount Tabor.—Mountains of the Druses and Ma-
ronites.—Rivers.—Towns of Beirut and Sidon.—Deir-el-Kammar.—Palace
of Beteddin.—Zahle.—Tomb of Noah.—Ruins of Heusn Nieha.—Pyramids.
—Ba'albek.—Towns of Galilee, Beisan, Ginea, Jezreel, Nazareth, Safet.—
Tyre.—The Ladder.—Mount Carmel.—'Akka, or Acre.
T he Eyalet, formerly the Pashalik of Tarabolus, is situated Extent of
between the Pashalik of Aleppo and those of Damascus ara 0 U8 '
and Akka; it is separated from the first by the line striking
from Ras-el-Basit towards the Orontes, 1 and it extends
southward from thence along the second district till it meets
the third in the Kesruan; having the Mediterranean Sea on
the west, and the Lebanon and Nosairian ranges for its
eastern limits.
With the exception of a plain, extending along the coast its features,
from Tripoli to Ladikiyeh, this tract consists almost entirely
of a chain of mountains, whose eastern side rises abruptly
from the level country; whilst, on the western, there are
numerous offset branches, consisting of steep ridges and
deep valleys, succeeding one another till they terminate in
bold hills near the coast.
The Orontes forms part of the eastern limits; the other
streams, which have comparatively short courses, partake of
vol. i.
1 See above, page 410.