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Shoubak
Shoubak (Arabic: الشوبك) is a municipality that lies at the northwestern edge of the Ma'an Governorate in Jordan. It had a population of 19,297. At one of the highest elevations above sea level in Jordan, this municipality is famous for apple and fruit farms. The Crusader castle Montreal is located in Shoubak.
Shoubak was first settled by the Edomites who had their capital in Busaira in neighboring Tafilah Governorate, in the second millennium BC. It was then settled by the Nabataeans in the first millennium BC.
Shoubak is known for its Crusader castle Montreal. Along with Petra and Aqaba, Shoubak forms the third head of this triangle that lies on the cross road between Syria, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Its unique high elevation (1330 m above sea level) gave it a strategic importance.
The importance of Shoubak reached its peak after Baldwin I of Jerusalem took control. The Montreal castle was built on top of a hill in 1115. Shoubak was annexed to the Ayyubid dynasty by Saladin in 1187. In the early 16th century, the Arab Christian community migrated to Gaza which became the largest Christian center in Palestine.
In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers under the name of Sawbak, situated in the nahiya (subdistrict) of Sawbak, part of the Sanjak of Ajlun. It had 65 households who were Muslim, in addition to 5 Christian households. They paid taxes on various agricultural products, including wheat (5500 a.), barley (2000 a.), vineyards/fruit trees (1000 a.), goats and bee-hives (1800 a.); in addition to occasional revenues (1000 a.) and a water mill (120 a.). Their total tax was 14,000 akçe.
Shoubak became a nahia in 1894, and administratively belonged to the Ottoman Kerak department.
The city of Shoubak revolted against the Ottomans in 1900 and in 1905. During the Arab Revolt, T. E. Lawrence entered Shoubak in Feb. 1918, commenting, "We went over the ridge and down to the base of the shapely cone, whose mural crown was the ring-wall of the old castle of Monreale, very noble against the night sky." Upon departure, he wrote, "...we skated timorously down the rapid path to the open plain across which still stretched the Roman road with its groups of fallen milestones, inscribed by famous emperors."
In 1961, there were 4,634 inhabitants in Shaubak.
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Shoubak
Shoubak (Arabic: الشوبك) is a municipality that lies at the northwestern edge of the Ma'an Governorate in Jordan. It had a population of 19,297. At one of the highest elevations above sea level in Jordan, this municipality is famous for apple and fruit farms. The Crusader castle Montreal is located in Shoubak.
Shoubak was first settled by the Edomites who had their capital in Busaira in neighboring Tafilah Governorate, in the second millennium BC. It was then settled by the Nabataeans in the first millennium BC.
Shoubak is known for its Crusader castle Montreal. Along with Petra and Aqaba, Shoubak forms the third head of this triangle that lies on the cross road between Syria, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Its unique high elevation (1330 m above sea level) gave it a strategic importance.
The importance of Shoubak reached its peak after Baldwin I of Jerusalem took control. The Montreal castle was built on top of a hill in 1115. Shoubak was annexed to the Ayyubid dynasty by Saladin in 1187. In the early 16th century, the Arab Christian community migrated to Gaza which became the largest Christian center in Palestine.
In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers under the name of Sawbak, situated in the nahiya (subdistrict) of Sawbak, part of the Sanjak of Ajlun. It had 65 households who were Muslim, in addition to 5 Christian households. They paid taxes on various agricultural products, including wheat (5500 a.), barley (2000 a.), vineyards/fruit trees (1000 a.), goats and bee-hives (1800 a.); in addition to occasional revenues (1000 a.) and a water mill (120 a.). Their total tax was 14,000 akçe.
Shoubak became a nahia in 1894, and administratively belonged to the Ottoman Kerak department.
The city of Shoubak revolted against the Ottomans in 1900 and in 1905. During the Arab Revolt, T. E. Lawrence entered Shoubak in Feb. 1918, commenting, "We went over the ridge and down to the base of the shapely cone, whose mural crown was the ring-wall of the old castle of Monreale, very noble against the night sky." Upon departure, he wrote, "...we skated timorously down the rapid path to the open plain across which still stretched the Roman road with its groups of fallen milestones, inscribed by famous emperors."
In 1961, there were 4,634 inhabitants in Shaubak.