Bayyad ( ar, بياض ) is a village in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, South Governorate, Governorate of South Lebanon.

Origin of name

Edward Henry Palmer, E. H. Palmer wrote that the name means "the white spot".

History

In 1881, during the late Ottoman Empire, Ottoman era, the Palestine Exploration Fund, PEF's PEF Survey of Palestine, ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, with many ruined houses [..], containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on hill-top, surrounded by fig-trees, olives, and arable land ; water supplied from cisterns." They further noted: "There are many ruined houses at this village, and a lintel with three crosses upon it, the centre being the largest. Foundations of rough-hewn stones of some building."Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p
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Localiban *Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2:
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{{Tyre District Populated places in the Israeli security zone 1985–2000 Populated places in Tyre District Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon