Burd, Suwayda
Burd
برد | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Burd | |
| Coordinates: 32°30′31″N 36°32′33″E / 32.50861°N 36.54250°E | |
| PAL | 295/213 |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Salkhad |
| Subdistrict | Qurayyah |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 207 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Burd (Arabic: برد) is a village situated in the Salkhad District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Burd had a population of 207 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze, with a Sunni Muslim Bedouin minority.[2]
History
In 1596, it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Burd (dir nazd Tasil), as part of the nahiya (subdistrict) of Bani Malik as-Sadir, in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 8 households and 2 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat (750 a.), barley (450 a.), summer crops (700 a.) goats and beehives (100 a.); the taxes totalled 2,000 akçe.[3]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as Burd, a ruin located "in the Nukrah, east of Busrah",[4] the Nukrah being the southern Hauran plain.
See also
References
- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah 1977, p. 211
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 154
Bibliography
- 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.