جولة (٤) : القامشلي - عين ديوار ١_a .. كتاب في ربوع سورية

Round (4) - Qamishli - Ain Dewar

It is a tour through which we wander through the fertile agricultural plains, during which we pass through many of the upper river valleys that go to Al-Khabour, and we pass through the oil fields that give the Syrian black gold, and we read through it many of the events of the history of the Syrian island, with the many ancient hills represented to us. We must enjoy part of this tour of the contrasting terrain appearance; From valleys we cross and hills we ascend, and mountains we pass alongside or tower in front of us, it is a tour in which we reach the Tigris River to touch its waters from its western Syrian bank, and to reach the ancient Roman whose remains are still witness to the greatness of its making and its importance in connecting the two banks of the Tigris. bridge it

A really enjoyable tour as we sometimes move away from the Turkish border (Qamishli - Al-Jawadiya and approach it at other times Al-Jawadiya - Ain Diwar), enjoying the beauty of nature and the simplicity and kindness of man. As we exit from the eastern end of Qamishli, we will pass through the valley of the Jaghegh River, over which a bridge is erected, so that urbanization will take on simplicity after that until we cross the railway line to become earthen houses with a flat roof to the north of the main road and for a distance of 2 km to the east, and this extreme eastern part of Qamishli is known as the Suez Canal.

After about a kilometer from Qamishli, we leave the village of Neamtli to the left of the road, and to the south of the road, about 3 km, a small village called Qusayr, which is reached via a dirt road. After Niamtli, about 3 km, we reach the village of Shura, which is located south of the road, and after about 3.5 km, we pass Wadi Shayban Al-Saili, which is located in the south of the road. Water flows through it in winter and dries up in summer, before we reach the villages of Tannuriyeh (south of the road) and Tannuriyyah al-Ghamr (north and south of the road, from which a road extends towards the south to the village of Khazneh al-Kabira (4 km) and then to Tal Maarouf (14 km). To the east of Tanuriyeh is about 3 km. We pass the village of Boyer, most of whose houses are spread south of the road, and after about a kilometer we leave the village of Bayandur, which is about 15 km away from Qamishli and located north of the road, just south of an ancient hill, and to the north of it, about 4 km, another ancient hill known as Tal Al-Shaer. Al-Ghamr, its houses are scattered on both sides of the road, followed by another 3 km by the village of Hilweh Al-Shuyoukh, located south of the road.Before reaching the town of Al-Qahtaniyah, by about 5 km, we pass the village of Dokar (North) (the road located to the south of Tel Dokar). The vast majority of the houses of the aforementioned villages are earthen with gabled earthen (triangular) roofs.Thus we cross al-Qahtaniyah (the center of a district belonging to the Qamishli region, which is far from it).

Even from an ancient town located at an altitude of about 390 meters, it was known about 29 km, and it was formerly called the White Graves - this name is still known. Now - for the presence of whitewashed Christian cemeteries. The valley of the Jarrah River passes through it (an earthen dam was built over it in the north of Al-Qahtaniyah called the Jarrah Dam), a tributary of the Al-Rud River, which thus feeds the Jaghgg River. The initial urbanization of the town revolves around the river, where the old mud houses appear close to each other with narrow alleys, to take expansion and expansion after independence, especially since the early sixties with the axis of the public road (Qamishli - Al-Malikiyah), and the area of ​​the town currently reaches about 300 hectares. The discovery of oil contributed to Al-Rumailan has greatly developed the town, and Al-Qahtaniyah is an important agricultural center that cultivates various summer and winter crops, and the Al-Jarrah River contributed to the development of irrigated agriculture in it (cotton, yellow corn, and vegetables), especially after the construction of a dam (Farkaft Al-Jarrah) on it to the north of Al-Qahtaniyah by about 4 km. The annual yield, which is approximately 425 mm, is sufficient for the success of rain-fed winter crops and to give good yields due to the great fertility of its lands. Today, the population of Al-Qahtaniyah is estimated at about 18,000. Its houses are dominated by the old style built of mud, along with the appearance of cement buildings, which began to grow twenty years ago. There are about ten distinct palaces built of basalt stones since the French colonial era, located in the eastern end of the town. ) and public gardens...etc. The state has set up two projects for protected agriculture (al-Bawakir) within greenhouses with an area of ​​about 150 dunums, about 2 km east of the town.

After Al-Qahtaniyah, about 6 km, we leave to the north of the road, about 200 meters, to a village

Kardim Halima with earthen houses and gabled roofs, which is located to the south of an ancient hill, and after it about 5 km (38) km east of Qamishli).

Directly south of the road, there is a small archaeological hill known as, and to the east and south of Simmer hill, and to the south of it is the small village of Simer, which consists of about 20 houses, and to the east of it, about 2.5 km, the village of Atshana directly on the road, and at its eastern end is the hill of Atshana, which rises up to 451 meters above sea level. An ancient Roman road connected it to Tel Alo in its southeast. Before we reach the town of Al-Jawadiya, about 3 km, we leave the village of Jabal Agha (shik) on our left, and reach Al-Jawadiya, the center of a sub-district belonging to the Al-Malikiyah area) which is about 2 km away from Qamishli, and about 28 km from Al-Qahtaniyya, and it was formerly known as “Jalaghah”, and it is one of the The most important human settlements in the Al-Malikiyah region in terms of population, housing, agricultural and animal production. Where it is located in the middle of spacious plains, the largest part of which is grown with rain as winter crops (grains and the rest is irrigated either by wells or from the waters of Lake Majuq Dam, north of the town). The town, to take on the great development in the past two decades, spread its buildings on both sides of the main road (Qamishli - Al-Malikiyah) consisting mostly of cement.The population is currently estimated at about 3000 people, including Jawadiyat Al-Ghamr, which was established in 1980 after the transfer of residents from the areas of Al-Ghamr in the Euphrates. to Al-Hasakah Governorate, and the number of residences is about 450, including the residences of workers and field employees - the number neighborhood