Description | Folder of notes, maps and leaflets on the history of Jerusalem, in particular its Arab and Islamic aspects. These include a folding map of the Old City of Jerusalem (1975 revision of F.J. Salmon's 1936 map), an exhibition catalogue 'The Architecture of Islamic Jerusalem' (1976 British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, prepared on occasion of the World of Islam Festival in London), a folding map of Jerusalem and the surrounding countryside, a 1955 map of Palestine showing villages and irrigation, a map of Muslim monuments in Jerusalem, and a copy of the Associated Christian Press Bulletin No. 212 (15 January 1977) that includes statistics on non-Jewish populations in Israel, with details of land areas cultivated by Arab farmers, the legal status of Arab women, percentages of children in education and other figures. |