[p.286]The Haouran comprises therefore part of Trachonitis and Ituraea,
the whole of Auranitis, and the northern districts of Batanaea. Edrei,
now Draa, was situated in Batanaea.
3.Djedour [Arabic]. The flat country south of Djebel Kessoue, east of
Djebel el Sheikh, and west of the Hadj road, as far as Kasem or Nowa, is
called Djedour. It contains about twenty villages.
The following are the names of the inhabited villages of the country
called Djedour; El Kenneya [Arabic], Sheriat el Ghoufa [Arabic], Sheriat
el Tahna [Arabic], Deir Maket, [Arabic], Um el Mezabel [Arabic], El
Nakhal [Arabic], El Szannamein, Teil Kefrein, Merkasem, Nawa, where are
considerable ruins; Heitt [Arabic], El Hara, Akrebbe eddjedour [Arabic],
Essbebhara, Djelein [Arabic], Namr [Arabic], Essalemie [Arabic],
[Arabic], El Nebhanie [Arabic], Deir el Ades, Deir el Bokht, [Arabic],
Kafershamy, Keitta [Arabic], Semlein, Djedeie, Thereya [Arabic], Um
Ezzeijtoun [Arabic].
The greater part of Ituraea appears to be comprised within the limits of
Djedour. The governor of Djolan usually commands also in Djedour.
4. Djolan [Arabic], which comprises the plain to the south of Djedour,
and to the west of Haouran. Its southern frontier is the Nahr Aweired by
which it is separated from the district of Erbad, and the Sheriat el
Mandhour, which separates it from the district El Kefarat. On the west
it is limited by the territory of Feik, and on the northwest by the
southern extremity of Djebel Heish. Part of Batanaea, Argob, Hippene,
and perhaps Gaulanitis, is comprised within this district. The maps of
Syria are in general incorrect with regard to the mountains of Djolan.
The mountain El Heish, which is the southern extremity of Djebel el
Sheikh, terminates (as I have mentioned before) at Tel el Faras, which
is about three hours and a half to the north of the Sheriat or Hieromax;
and the mountains begin again at about the same distance to the south of
the same river, in