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Namir, Shaykh Maskin
Namir (, also transliterated ''Namer'', ''Namr'', ''Nimr''), also known as Namir al-Hawa, is a village in southern Syria, administratively belonging to the Izra' District of the Daraa Governorate. In the 2004 census by the Central Bureau of Statistics, Namir had a population of 2,507.General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. Its inhabitants include s and |
Countries Of The World
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 205 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, two United Nations General Assembly observers#Current non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and ten other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and one UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (15 states, of which there are six UN member states, one UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and eight de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (two states, both in associated state, free association with New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khirbet Ghazaleh
Khirbet Ghazaleh ( also spelled Khirbet Ghazalah) is a town in the Daraa Governorate, roughly 17 kilometers northeast of Daraa adjacent to Da'el in the west and near Izra' to the north. It is situated on the main highway between Damascus and Amman. In the 2004 census by the Central Bureau of Statistics Khirbet Ghazaleh had a population of 16,240. History In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers under the name of ''Kutaybit Tamir'', being part of the ''nahiya'' of Bani Malik al-Asraf, in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 29 households and 12 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and bee-hives; a total of 12,700 akçe. Two-thirds of the income went to a Waqf. In 1805, Ulrich Jasper Seetzen found it to be "a bad, ruined village where 100 Muhammadan and 15 Greek Christian families lived". According to the Christian priest of the time, ''Chirhet el-Ghazale'' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defter
A ''defter'' was a type of tax register and land cadastre in the Ottoman Empire. Etymology The term is derived from Greek , literally 'processed animal skin, leather, fur', meaning a book, having pages of goat parchment used along with papyrus as paper in Ancient Greece, borrowed into Arabic as '':'' , meaning a register or a notebook. Description The information collected could vary, but ''tahrir defterleri'' typically included details of villages, dwellings, household heads (adult males and widows), ethnicity/religion (because these could affect tax liabilities/exemptions), and land use. The defter-i hakâni was a land registry, also used for tax purposes. Each town had a defter and typically an officiator or someone in an administrative role to determine whether the information should be recorded. The officiator was usually some kind of learned man who had knowledge of state regulations. The defter was used to record family interactions such as marriage and inheritance. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Syria
Ottoman Syria () is a historiographical term used to describe the group of divisions of the Ottoman Empire within the region of the Levant, usually defined as being east of the Mediterranean Sea, west of the Euphrates River, north of the Arabian Desert and south of the Taurus Mountains. Ottoman Syria was organized by the Ottomans upon conquest from the Mamluk Sultanate in the early 16th century as a single eyalet (province) of the Damascus Eyalet. In 1534, the Aleppo Eyalet was split into a separate administration. The Tripoli Eyalet was formed out of Damascus province in 1579 and later the Adana Eyalet was split from Aleppo. In 1660, the Eyalet of Safed was established and shortly afterwards renamed the Sidon Eyalet; in 1667, the Mount Lebanon Emirate was given special autonomous status within the Sidon province, but was abolished in 1841 and reconfigured in 1861 as the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate. The Syrian eyalets were later transformed into the Syria Vilayet, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hauran Sanjak
The Hauran Sanjak (, ) was a sanjak of the Ottoman Empire, spanning the southern areas of Ottoman Syria, located in modern-day Syria and Jordan. The city of Daraa was the sanjak's capital. The sanjak had a population of 182,805 in 1914. Subdistricts 16th century As a sanjak of Damascus Eyalet in the 16th century, the Qada (Kaza) of Hauran consisted of the following 14 nahiyes: *Jaydur, centered at Nawa *Banu Kilab *Banu Muqlid *Banu Malik al-Ashraf, centered at Namir *Banu Nashba *Banu Hilal *Jawlan al-Gharbi *Banu Abdullah *Banu Malik al-Sadir *Banu Atika *Banu Kinana *Banu Jahma *Banu al-A'sar *Banu Uqba Post-1865 As a sanjak of the Syria Vilayet, the sanjak was made up of eight kazas (first-level districts), some of which were further subdivided into nahiyes (second-level districts): * Shaykh Maskin (Şeyh Miskin) ** Ghabaghib (Gabağab) ** Jasim (Casim) * Daraa (Der'a) **Bosra (Eski Şam) *Ajlun (Aclun) ** Kufranjah (Küfrence) ** Kura (Küre) *Jabal al-Druze, Markaz Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahiye
A nāḥiyah ( , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiyeh, nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level division while in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Xinjiang, and the former Ottoman Empire, where it was also called a '' bucak'', it is a third-level or lower division. It can constitute a division of a ''qadaa'', '' mintaqah'' or other such district-type division and is sometimes translated as "subdistrict". Ottoman Empire The nahiye () was an administrative territorial entity of the Ottoman Empire, smaller than a . The head was a (governor) who was appointed by the Pasha. The was a subdivision of a Selçuk Akşin Somel. "Kazâ". ''The A to Z of the Ottoman Empire''. Volume 152 of A to Z Guides. Rowman & Littlefield, 2010. p. 151. and corresponded roughly to a city with its surrounding villages. s, in turn, were divided into s (each governe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Hayar
Al Fadl (, ALA-LC: ''Āl Faḍl'') were an Arab tribe that dominated the Syrian Desert and Syrian steppe, steppe during the Middle Ages, and whose modern-day descendants largely live in southern Syria and eastern Lebanon. The Al Fadl's progenitor, Fadl ibn Rabi'ah, was a descendant of the Banu Tayy through his ancestor, Mufarrij ibn Daghfal ibn al-Jarrah, Mufarrij al-Jarrah. The tribe rose to prominence by assisting the Burid dynasty, Burids and Zengid dynasty, Zengids against the Crusaders. The Ayyubid dynasty, Ayyubids often appointed them to the office of ''Amir al-ʿarab'', giving the Al Fadl emirs (princes or lords) command over the Bedouin tribes of northern Syria. Their function was often to serve as auxiliary troops. Starting with Emir Isa ibn Muhanna, the Al Fadl became the hereditary holders of the office by order of the Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo), Mamluk sultans and were given substantial ''iqta', iqtaʿat'' (fiefs) in Salamiyah, Palmyra and other places in the steppe. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
