Yarine ( ar, يارين) is a village in the
Tyre District in South
Lebanon, located 19 kilometres south of
Tyre. The people of the village are Sunni Muslims.
Name
According to
E. H. Palmer
Edward Henry Palmer (7 August 184010 August 1882), known as E. H. Palmer, was an England, English oriental studies, orientalist and explorer.
Biography
Youth and education
Palmer was born in Green Street, Cambridge the son of a private schoo ...
in 1881, the name ''Kh. Yarin'' comes from "the ruin of Yârîn, p.n."
History
There are remains of a
Byzantine church SE of the village site, and a "Tower or fortlet on hill top surrounded by enclosure wall built of large
ashlar
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masonry".
Ottoman era
In 1875,
Victor Guérin found here 'On the east extends a sort of avenue, formerly bordered by important buildings. One remarks especially the remains of a great edifice measuring forty-five paces in length from west to east by twenty-two in breadth from north to south. It was built of finely cut stones lying one upon the other with cement, and terminated at the east in three
apses, the largest of which, that in the centre, is still partly upright. It was once an ancient
church divided into three
naves by monolithic columns, some undulated fragments of which are lying on the ground . ….. Small cubes of mosaic in red, white, and black still adhere to the soil in several places.'
He further noted: "A large
cistern
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located near this monument to the west was built with great care.
The ruins of Yarin are now inhabited by only three or four Bedouin families, who graze their animals or cultivate a few plots of land."
In 1881, the
PEF's
''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) found here: “Large ruin; some small-sized drafted stones with bosses left rough, two stones bearing Latin crosses; remains of modern walls and heaps of stones; two rock-cut tombs with square-headed kokim;
loculi
Loculi ( sc, Lòcula) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari and about northeast of Nuoro. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 538 and an area of . ...
. In the more eastern one a figure of a human head is roughly cut out of the rock in the first chamber of the tomb, out of which two square loculi open.”
[Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, pp]
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References
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External links
Localiban
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 3
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{{Tyre District
Populated places in Tyre District
Sunni Muslim communities in Lebanon