جولة (١٠) : جرابلس - عين عرب - تل أبيض .. كتاب في ربوع سورية

Round (10) - Jarabulus - Ain Arab - Tell Abyad:

From Jarabulus, we continue to the east for a distance of about 200 meters, to reach the western bank of the Euphrates River near its entrance to the Syrian lands, and to cross it through an old iron-pillar bridge with a wooden floor (its length) is 300 meters and its width is (4 meters) to the eastern bank, and the river used to flow in the spring period of the year with turbid water. visible, because it leaves some cliffs in the middle to the north and south of the bridge, and to the north of the Jarabulus Bridge we see a Turkish bridge suspended along the border in the area where the river enters the Syrian lands. And quickly and with Syria

As soon as we leave the eastern bank of the river towards the northern Ain Al-Arab, the road ascends a little to pass the village of Zour Maghar, most of its buildings are located to the north of the road.

At the southern and western fronts of an ancient hill known as Tell Maghar. As soon as we pass Zour Maghar, we enter within fertile plain lands that continue like this for a distance of no less than 45 km to the east - i.e. to the village of Kharab Nass - on both sides of the road we are taking - Figure (32) and up to a kilometer from the Euphrates to the east, the pumped water pipes appear from the Euphrates. It irrigates the land and increases its pride with the pistachio trees planted in it, along with the lofty grain crops.

After Zour Maghar, about 2 km, we leave the village of Al-Bayadiyah on the north of the road, and after about 4 km, a small village appears to us on the left of the road, known as the village of Jabneh. After that, we pass about 2 km to the village of Meshko, whose houses are spread to the north of the road. After Meshkou, about 3 km, the village of Bandar Saghir appears to our left, and to our right, about 500 m, the village of Bandar Kabir. We cross, after a distance of 17 km from Jarablus, the village of Qara Qawi Tahtani, now known as Jabila Tahtani. And after a gable under me, the earth takes on the edge and ripples until the outskirts of Ain Al-Arab. After that, we will pass about 5 km near the village of Qali, to the south of the road, by about 200 meters. We are getting closer to the Turkish border, and after 4 km from Qali, we will leave the village of Susan to the north of the road. About 5 km before Ain al-Arab, we leave on the right of the road a small farm known as Mazraat Sagheer, and two large palaces on a high hill, one old and the other modern.

The last human gathering that we encounter before Ayn Al-Arab, about 2 km, is a small farm known as the Tal Al-Shaer farm located to the west of the archaeological hill of the same name. Thus, we will reach the northern city of Ain al-Arab, which is about 34 km away from Jarabulus, and whose houses are close to the Turkish border, not more than 200 meters away from it. To the north of the border in the Turkish territory is the Turkish town of Mashad Banar, and Ayn al-Arab is a purely agricultural rural city, 99% of its homes are remote from

Stone and mud with a mud mortar in which storey houses are rare, as they are rustic style houses. It serves as a large commercial market for its fertile agricultural area, and this is what is represented in the large number of shops and workshops for repairing and preparing agricultural equipment and machinery, especially harvesters. It is generally located on a slightly elevated hill overlooking the Turkish low lands to the north. North to south a distance not exceeding and rising to the south the margins of some high hills. The population of Ain Al-Arab is about 20 thousand people. 500

With the first human gathering that we encounter as we head east after Ain Al-Arab, Mazraat Daoud (3 km), which is located to the north of the road by about 200 m, then we will pass about 1 km after that in the village of Kikan. And let the land spread out after Ayn al-Arab and grow green in the spring. To the south of Kikan, about 2 km, the village of Sharran appears to us, and to the southeast is Tal al-Hajib and the village that bears his name. After Kikan, by 1 km, we pass the village of Kasan, which is more developed than Kikan, where earthen, stone and cement houses mix in it. Before we reached the village of Marj Ismail, which is about 3 km away from Kasan, a small village known as Tal Sufi appears to us on the right of the road. One kilometer after Marj Ismail, we pass by the village of Alishar. From its western end, a dirt road extends south to the village of Jom Ali (4 km), and between it and Alishar lies the village of Kousik. Its ten houses, and then the road deviates towards the south and southeast for a distance of about 2 km, to approach the large village of Ain al-Bat, which has a domed building in its entirety, then deviates again towards the east as it rises until we reach the small village of Kharab Nass, which has no more than a number of houses.

About 15 houses. And the last village belonging to the Ain Al-Arab region, which we leave to the right of the road after the destruction of Nas by about 6 km, is the village of Koran.

The land that we pass is a flat plain from Ain Al-Arab to Ain Al-Bat, after which we penetrate a high and rugged basalt slab for a distance of about 15 km until the end of the borders of Ain Al-Arab, and we enter the lands of the Tal Abyad region of the Raqqa governorate.

The urbanization that we encountered along our way is composed of mud, and if the flat house model is predominant from Jarabulus to Ain Al-Arab, the domed model prevails between Ain Al-Arab and the borders of the Tell Abyad region, and it continues in the villages of the Tell Abyad region until we reach the city of Tell Abyad. Where the land on both sides of the road returns to its simplicity as we enter the lands of the Tal Abyad area, and the land becomes green after we almost lost it from the ruins of Nass to the borders of Tal Abyad. They are the Great Khan Hill and the Small Hill), Al-Zarzouri, Al-Jarn Al-Aswad - and to the north of it is the March 8 Farm, Al-Hurriya - and after Al-Hurriya to the south of the road there is a large archaeological hill. On its southern outskirts there are the houses of the village of Qanat Sorour Abdi Koy Bir Marmara - from which a road forks to the south for a distance of 2 km. To the village of Susk, buffaloes and then Sukkariyya scattered their homes on both sides of the road. After Sukkariyeh, we leave the village of Al-Wasila to the road directly, and then to the north of the road, the village of Al-Daroubia, which leads us to the town of Ain Al-Arous, located southwest of the city of Tell Abyad, at the borders of the south of Km.

The common denominator of all human settlements (villages and farms) located