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Al-Numairiyah
View on WikipediaAl-Numairiyah (Arabic: النميرية) is a municipality in the Nabatieh District in southern Lebanon.
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History
[edit]In the 1596 tax records, it was named as a village, Numayriyya, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Sagif under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 23 households and 6 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 2,492 akçe.[1][2]
Modern era
[edit]On July 29, 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War, Israeli war planes killed 6 civilians, aged 8 to 56 years old, claiming that they were targeting Hezbollah. However, here was no Hezbollah presence in the village at the time of the attack.[3]
Demographics
[edit]In 2014, Muslims made up 99.40% of registered voters in Al-Numairiyah. 97.77% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 185
- ^ Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 Archived 2019-04-20 at the Wayback Machine writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
- ^ HRW, 2007, pp. 118-119
- ^ https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/النبطية/النميرية/المذاهب/
Bibliography
[edit]- HRW (2007). Why They Died: Civilian Casualties in Lebanon During the 2006 War. Human Rights Watch.
- 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.
- Rhode, H. (1979). Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century (PhD). Columbia University. Archived from the original on 2019-04-20. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
External links
[edit]- Nmairiyeh, Localiban
