See also:

• ABANA (or AMANAH, classical Chrysorrhoas)

ABANA (or AMANAH, classical Chrysorrhoas)  and PHARPAR, the " See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers of See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus " (2 See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings v . 12), now generally identified with the Barada (i.e . " See also:

• COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold ") and the A'waj (i.e . " crooked ") respectively, though if the reference to Damascus be limited to the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, as in the Arabic version of the Old Testament, Pharpar would be the See also:

• MODERN

modern Taura . Both streams run from See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west to See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east across the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of Damascus, which owes to them much of its fertility, and lose themselves in marshes, or lakes, as they are called, on the See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders of the See also:

• GREAT

great Arabian See also:

• DESERT

desert . See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John M'Gregor, who gives an interesting description of them in his Rob See also:

• ROY, WILLIAM (1726-1790)

Roy on the See also:

• JORDAN (the down-comer; Arab. esh-Sheri'a, the watering-place)
• JORDAN, CAMILLE (1771—1821)
• JORDAN, DOROTHEA (1762—1816)
• JORDAN, THOMAS (1612 ?–1685)
• JORDAN, WILHELM (1819–1904)

Jordan, affirmed that as a See also:

• WORK

work of See also:

• HYDRAULIC

hydraulic See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering, the See also:

• SYSTEM

system and construction of the canals, by which the See also:

• ABANA (or AMANAH, classical Chrysorrhoas)

Abana and Pharpar were used for See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation, might be considered as one of the most See also:

• COMPLETE

complete and extensive in the See also:

• WORLD

world . As the Barada escapes from the mountains through a narrow See also:

• GORGE

gorge, its See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters spread out See also:

• FAN (Lat. vannus; Fr. eventail)

fan-like, in canals or " rivers," the name of one of which, Nahr Banias, retains a trace of Abana .