Al-Qurayya
al-Qurayya
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Al-Qurayya (
al-Suwayda. Nearby localities include Bosra to the southwest, Hout to the south, Salkhad to the southeast, al-Kafr, Hibran and Sahwat al-Khudr to the northeast, Sahwat Bilata and Rasas to the north and 'Ara and al-Mujaymer to the northwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Qurayya had a population of 6,789 in the 2004 census.[1] The town is also the administrative center of the al-Qurayya nahiyah which consists of four towns with a combined population of 9,892.[1]
History
Western scholar
Lejat plain.[2] On streets and alleyways throughout the village were the remains of several columns.[3] A Greek inscription was found on one of the stones and dated back to 296 CE.[2]
Ottoman period
In 1596 al-Qurayya appeared in the
Muslim population consisting of 65 households and 36 bachelors. Taxes were paid on wheat, barley, summer crops, fruit- or other trees.[4]
In 1810 al-Qurayya contained a few
al-Hamdan clan.[6] It was still subject to raids by Bedouin nomads at that time. In April 1838, while young Druze fighters from al-Qurayya were confronting the Egyptian army of Ibrahim Pasha, the village was looted and several of its inhabitants were killed in a raid by Sheikh Ibn Sumayr and his 'Anza Bedouin tribe. Further major raids against al-Qurayya occurred in 1842 and 1846.[5]
Only in the 1850s did relative stability take root.Muslim villages of the Hauran.[7]
French Mandate period
The
Sultan Pasha al-Atrash in a clash in 1921.[8] During the Great Syrian Revolt of 1925-27, which was spearheaded by Sultan Pasha, al-Qurayya served as the chief meeting place for the sheikhs of local rebel clans.[5]
Notable people
References
- ^ a b c General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ a b c Porter, 1858, p. 524
- ^ Porter, 1858, p. 523
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 219.
- ^ a b c d Firro, 1992, p. 152
- ^ Batatu, 2012, p. 113
- ^ a b Firro, 1992, p. 188
- ^ Dana, p. 9.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-0691002545.
- Firro, Kais (1992). A History of the Druzes. Vol. 1. BRILL. ISBN 9004094377.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger geographische Arbeiten. Vol. Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2. Archivedfrom the original on 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
- Porter, J.L. (1858). A Handbook for Travellers in Syria and Palestine. Vol. 1. Murray.
- ISBN 0884022846.
External links
- Map of the town, Google Maps