Taqsis ( ar, تقسيس, also known as Zawr az Ziyarah ( ar, زور الزيارة) is a village in northern
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 ...
, administratively part of the
Hama Governorate
Hama Governorate ( ar, مُحافظة حماة / ALA-LC: ''Muḥāfaẓat Ḥamā'') is one of the 14 Governorates of Syria, governorates of Syria. It is situated in western-central Syria, bordering Idlib Governorate, Idlib and Aleppo Governorates ...
, located south of
Hama
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. Nearby localities include
al-Jinan to the north,
al-Buraq
The Buraq ( ar, الْبُرَاق "the lightning") is a heavenly equine or chimeral beast in Islamic tradition that notably served as the mount of the Islamic prophet Muhammad during his Isra and Mi'raj journey from Mecca to Jerusalem and u ...
to the northwest,
Tell Qartal
Tell Qartal ( ar, تل قرطل) is a Syrian village located in the Subdistrict of the Hama District in the Hama Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tell Qartal had a population of 2,079 in the 2004 census. Its ...
to the west,
Ghor al-Assi to the southwest,
Izz al-Din to the southeast and
Taldarah to the east. According to the
Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Taqsis had a population of 3,343 in the 2004 census.
[General Census of Population and Housing 2004](_blank)
. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate.
During early
Ottoman rule, in 1573, a water installation was built in the area of Taqsis. It consisted of an aqueduct and a tower, alongside which were two
noria
A noria ( ar, ناعورة, ''nā‘ūra'', plural ''nawāʿīr'', from syr, ܢܥܘܪܐ, ''nā‘orā'', lit. "growler") is a hydropowered '' scoop wheel'' used to lift water into a small aqueduct, either for the purpose of irrigation or to s ...
(''na'ura'') wheels. It was built in the typical style of old dams along the
Orontes River
The Orontes (; from Ancient Greek , ) or Asi ( ar, العاصي, , ; tr, Asi) is a river with a length of in Western Asia that begins in Lebanon, flowing northwards through Syria before entering the Mediterranean Sea near Samandağ in Turkey.
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. The norias no longer exist and the dam is mostly in ruins, although the remainder of the structure is in relatively good condition.
Taqsis had been abandoned sometime in the last years of the 18th-century,
[Douwes, 2000, p. 209.] and in 1838 the village was classified as a ''khirba'' ("abandoned village").
Smith
Smith may refer to:
People
* Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals
* Smith (given name)
* Smith (surname), a family name originating in England, Scotland and Ireland
** List of people wi ...
, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p
179
/ref> However, towards the end of Khedivate Egyptian rule (1832-1841), Taqsis was among 20 villages along the edge of the Syrian Desert to be repopulated. While most of these small, agricultural places were abandoned during the 1840s due to the pressures of warring nomadic tribes, Taqsis remained occupied.
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