Tubna

Tubna

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Tubna تبنة
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Tubna (

Arabic: تبنة, also spelled Tibna or Tebnah) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate in the Hauran region. It is located 58 km south of Damascus and 42 km from Daraa

.

History

Tubna was the seat of a

Monophysite monastery by the second half of the 6th century.^[1] The Byzantine Empire’s Ghassanid Arab vassals apparently maintained a presence in Tubna as evidenced by a verse by the contemporary poet al-Nabigha that placed the tomb of the Ghassanid emir between “Tubna and Jasim”.^[1] Moreover, the Ghassanids were adamant supporters of the Monophysite church and their relationship with Tubna may have been based on their support for its monastery.^[1]

The Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi noted in the 1220s that Tubna was "a town of the Hauran, belonging to the Damascus Province".^[2]

Ottoman era

In 1596 Tubna appeared in the

Muslim population consisting of 30 households and 25 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives; a total of 16,460 akçe. 2,5/24 of the revenue went to a waqf.^[3]

In 1838, Tibny was noted as a Muslim village, situated "the Nukra, north of Al-Shaykh Maskin".^[4]

Demographics

According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tubna had a population of 1,272 in 2004.^[5] The inhabitants are predominantly Melkite Greek Catholics.^[6] The village is among the handful of Melkite villages that straddle the hills separating the Hauran plain and Jabal al-Druze massif.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Shahid 2002, p. 228.
^ Le Strange, 1890, p. 546
^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 209.
^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 151
^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
^ ^a ^b Dick, Marlin (May–June 2004). "Deep Roots in a Fertile Land". ONE Magazine. Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Retrieved 4 November 2018.

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.
Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.

External links

[Shahid228-1] Shahid 2002, p. 228.

[2] Le Strange, 1890, p. 546

[3] Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 209.

[4] Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 151

[CBS-5] General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)

[DickONECNEWA-6] Dick, Marlin (May–June 2004). "Deep Roots in a Fertile Land". ONE Magazine. Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Retrieved 4 November 2018.

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