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[[File:FallsSkMap24detJordanValley.jpeg|thumb|A WWI sketch of the [[Jordan Valley]]]] |
[[File:FallsSkMap24detJordanValley.jpeg|thumb|A WWI sketch of the [[Jordan Valley]]]] |
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[[File:Ghoraniyeh - the remains of the old bridge across the Jordan, burnt by the Turks Art.IWMART1549.jpg|thumb|Ruins of the burnt bridge and a pontoon bridge; Ghoraniyeh WWI bridgehead; by [[James McBey]] (1918)]] |
[[File:Ghoraniyeh - the remains of the old bridge across the Jordan, burnt by the Turks Art.IWMART1549.jpg|thumb|Ruins of the burnt bridge and a pontoon bridge; Ghoraniyeh WWI bridgehead; by [[James McBey]] (1918)]] |
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'''Ghoraniyeh''' or '''El Ghorahiyeh''' is a crossing ([[ford (crossing)|ford]]) by the [[Jordan River]] south of [[Wadi Nimrin]] on the left bank<ref>Power, E. “THE SITE OF THE PENTAPOLIS.” Biblica, vol. 11, no. 1, GBPress- Gregorian Biblical Press, 1930, pp. 23–62, {{jstor|42613807}}, p.35</ref> where it joins [[Wadi an Nuway'imah]] (Nuei'ameh, Nu'eima, etc.) on the right bank.<ref>Trelawney Saunders, ''An Introduction to the Survey of Western Palestine: Its Waterways, Plains & Highlands'', 1881, [https://books.google.com/books?id=9YlCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA169 p. 169] ([[:File:An introduction to the survey of Western Palestine - its waterways, plains & highlands (IA introductiontosu00saunrich).pdf|file @ Commons]])</ref> During the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman times]] there was a bridge destroyed during the [[World War I]] by the Ottomans. During the war it was an important [[bridgehead]]. |
'''Ghoraniyeh''' or '''El Ghorahiyeh''' is a crossing ([[ford (crossing)|ford]]) by the [[Jordan River]] south of [[Wadi Nimrin]] on the left bank<ref>Power, E. “THE SITE OF THE PENTAPOLIS.” Biblica, vol. 11, no. 1, GBPress- Gregorian Biblical Press, 1930, pp. 23–62, {{jstor|42613807}}, p.35</ref> where it joins [[Wadi an Nuway'imah]] (Nuei'ameh, Nu'eima, etc.) on the right bank.<ref>Trelawney Saunders, ''An Introduction to the Survey of Western Palestine: Its Waterways, Plains & Highlands'', 1881, [https://books.google.com/books?id=9YlCAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA169 p. 169] ([[:File:An introduction to the survey of Western Palestine - its waterways, plains & highlands (IA introductiontosu00saunrich).pdf|file @ Commons]])</ref> During the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman times]] there was a bridge, destroyed during the [[World War I]] by the retreating Ottomans. During the war it was an important [[bridgehead]]. |
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Ghoraniyeh or El Ghorahiyeh is a crossing (ford) by the Jordan River south of Wadi Nimrin on the left bank[1] where it joins Wadi an Nuway'imah (Nuei'ameh, Nu'eima, etc.) on the right bank.[2] During the Ottoman times there was a bridge, destroyed during the World War I by the retreating Ottomans. During the war it was an important bridgehead.
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