Dahr Al-Ahmar
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Dahr El Ahmar
)Dahr ِAl-Ahmar
ضهر الأحمر | |
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Village | |
  Dahr ِAl-Ahmar Location in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°31′45″N 35°50′55″E / 33.52917°N 35.84861°E | |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Beqaa Governorate |
| District | Rashaya District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3.92 sq mi (10.14 km2) |
| Elevation | 3,540 ft (1,080 m) |
Dahr Al-Ahmar is a village in
Druze.[2] There is a shrine in the village to an important woman in Druze history, Sitt Sarah, the niece of one of the authors of the Epistles of Wisdom, Baha'u d-Dīn as-Samuqī ("al-Muqtana Baha’ud-Dīn").[3] She is remembered for being a great peacemaker.[4]
Archaeological site
Some flints were found 500 metres north of the village in the hills including large axes, scrapers and sickle blades with fine denticulation. This was suggested by Jacques Cauvin and Marie-Claire Cauvin to have been a site contemporary with the earliest neolithic levels at Byblos.[5]
See also
- Deir el Ahmar
References
- ISBN 978-1-900949-90-3. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- ^ British Druze Society - Druze communities in the Middle East Archived 2011-09-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 978-1-904850-01-4. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- ISBN 978-1-904850-12-0. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
- ^ Moore, A.M.T. (1978). The Neolithic of the Levant. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. pp. 436–442.
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