Al-Nayrab ( ar, النيرب) is a town in

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

, to the south-east of the city of

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in northern

. With the urban development, the village was gradually absorbed by the city of Aleppo thus becoming part of it as a district. Al-Nayrab is also an important archaeological site, having been excavated in 1926–27 by Augustin-Georges Barrois and Bertrand Carrière.

Etymology

Nayrab or Neyrab is the

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word for a flat land or water through the valley.

History

Salih ibn Ali ibn Abdullah ibn Abbas, the

Abbasid The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib ...

governor of

Bilad al-Sham Bilad al-Sham ( ar, بِلَاد الشَّام, Bilād al-Shām), often referred to as Islamic Syria or simply Syria in English-language sources, was a province of the Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid caliphates. It roughly correspon ...

(

), built the Bttiyas Palace on the hill of Nayrab. Al-Nayrab was a village southeast of

Aleppo )), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black". , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , image_map1 = ...

, with the urbanization of the city have been included Nayrab. And is not located only 10 kilometers from the city center and the fact that the land was lying established by the French military airport, and after the independence was that the airport expansion to include airport and other civilian and military is known as Nayrab Airport and has turned his name now to

Aleppo International Airport Aleppo International Airport ( ar, مطار حلب الدولي) is an international airport serving Aleppo, Syria. The airport is serving as a secondary hub for Syrian Air and Cham Wings. History The history of the airport dates back to th ...

. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Deir Jamal had a population of 10,018 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Aleppo Governorate. After the 1948 war, Palestinians migrated to the neighboring countries which have been receiving several thousand of them and landed in the barracks near the airport that had been brought by the French army to its soldiers and called the place then

Nayrab camp Al-Nayrab ( ar, النيرب) is a town in Syria, to the south-east of the city of Aleppo in northern Syria. With the urban development, the village was gradually absorbed by the city of Aleppo thus becoming part of it as a district. Al-Nayrab i ...

for Palestinians refugees.

Economy

The plains of Nayrab are fertile plains where various types of vegetables are grown, in particular

cucumber Cucumber (''Cucumis sativus'') is a widely-cultivated Vine#Horticultural climbing plants, creeping vine plant in the Cucurbitaceae family that bears usually cylindrical Fruit, fruits, which are used as culinary vegetables.

s. Nayrab produces reasonable quantities of

olive The olive, botanical name ''Olea europaea'', meaning 'European olive' in Latin, is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin. When in shrub form, it is known as ''Olea europaea'' ...

and

pistachio The pistachio (, ''Pistacia vera''), a member of the cashew family, is a small tree originating from Central Asia and the Middle East. The tree produces seeds that are widely consumed as food. ''Pistacia vera'' is often confused with other sp ...

, and

Damask rose Damask (; ar, دمشق) is a reversible patterned fabric of silk, wool, linen, cotton, or synthetic fibers, with a pattern formed by weaving. Damasks are woven with one warp yarn and one weft yarn, usually with the pattern in warp-faced satin ...

, domestically known as "Ward Al-Jouri", which is the first product of Nayrab and exported to several countries where they are used in the manufacture of

perfume Perfume (, ; french: parfum) is a mixture of fragrant essential oils or aroma compounds (fragrances), fixatives and solvents, usually in liquid form, used to give the human body, animals, food, objects, and living-spaces an agreeable scent. Th ...

s and is essentially in the installation of some medicines, foods and beverages.

Bibliography

* Augustin-Georges Barrois and B. Carrière, ''Fouilles de l'école archéologique française de Jérusalem effectuées à Neirab du 24 septembre au 5 novembre 1926'', pages 126-142, dans ''Syria'', 1927, volume 8,
(''online'')
* Augustin-Georges Barrois and B. Carrière, ''Fouilles de l'école archéologique française de Jérusalem, effectuées à Neirab du 24 septembre au 5 novembre 1926'', pages 201-212, dans ''Syria'', 1927, volume 8,
(''online'')
* Augustin-Georges Barrois and M. Abel, ''Fouilles de l'école archéologique française de Jérusalem , effectuées à Neirab du 12 septembre au 6 novembre 1927'', pages 187-206, dans ''Syria'', 1928, volume 9,
(''online'')
* Augustin-Georges Barrois and M. Abel, ''Fouilles de l'école archéologique française de Jérusalem , effectuées à Neirab du 12 septembre au 6 novembre 1927'', pages 303-319, dans ''Syria'', 1928, volume 9,
(''online'')

References

External links

Nayrab Web Site on the Internet
only in Arabic)
Neirab
articles from

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