Mu'tah
City of Mu'tah
مَدِينَة مُؤْتَة | |
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City | |
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  City of Mu'tah | |
| Coordinates: 31°6′N 35°42′E / 31.100°N 35.700°E | |
| Grid position | 216/055 |
| Country | Jordan |
| Province | Karak Governorate |
| Elevation | 820 m (2,690 ft) |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 27,426 |
| Time zone | GMT +2 |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
| Area code | +(962)2 |
Mu'tah (
Arabic: مُؤْتَة, Muʿtah)[1] is a town in Karak Governorate in Jordan. Mutah University is located in the city.[2][3][4]
History
In
In 1596 it appeared in the
Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products; including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees/vineyards/fruit trees, goats and bee-hives; in addition to occasional revenues. The total tax was 6,000 akçe.[7]
See also
- Levant
- Sahaba
References
- ^ a b "The General Census - 2015" (PDF). Department of Population Statistics.
- ^ "Humanities and Social Sciences Series". Mutah.edu.jo. 2010-03-07. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
- ^ "Natural and Applied Sciences Series". Mutah.edu.jo. 2010-03-07. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
- ^ "Jordan Journal of Arabic Language and Literature". Mutah.edu.jo. 2010-03-07. Retrieved 2012-05-14.
- ^ Al-Maqdisi, p. 178 and Yaqut, IV, p. 677; cited in Le Strange 1890, pp. 509–510
- Abu'l-Fida, p. 247; cited in Le Strange 1890, p. 479
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 171
Bibliography
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
- Le Strange, G. (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.