Al-Mlaihah ash-Sharqiyah

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Al-Mlaihah ash-Sharqiyah
المليحة الشرقية
Town
Al-Mlaihah ash-Sharqiyah is located in Syria
Al-Mlaihah ash-Sharqiyah
Al-Mlaihah ash-Sharqiyah
Coordinates: 32°45′29″N 36°21′58″E / 32.75806°N 36.36611°E / 32.75806; 36.36611
PAL241/278
Country Syria
GovernorateDaraa
DistrictIzraa
NahiyahHirak
Population
 (2004)[1]
 • Total
2,408
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Mlaihah ash-Sharqiyah (Arabic: المليحة الشرقية) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Mlaihah ash-Sharqiyah had a population of 2,408 in the 2004 census. [1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

History

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In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Malihat az-Zaytun and was part of the nahiya of Bani Malik al-Asraf in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 56 households and 22 bachelors. The villagers paid taxes on various agricultural products, including wheat (6000 a.), barley (900 a.), summer crops (2000 a.), goats and beehives (500 a.) in addition to "occasional revenues" (600 a.); a total of 10,000 akçe.[2]

In 1838, it was noted as being east of ash-Shaykh Miskin, with a Sunni Muslim population.[3]

Religious buildings

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  • Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Mosque
  • Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque
  • Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi Mosque

References

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  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 213
  3. ^ Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 152

Bibliography

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  • Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (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.
  • 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.
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