Tahula, Suwayda
Tahula
تحولا | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Tahula | |
| Coordinates: 32°26′49″N 36°45′30″E / 32.44694°N 36.75833°E | |
| PAL | 316/207 |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Salkhad |
| Subdistrict | Salkhad |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 288 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Tahula (Arabic: تحولا) is a village situated in the Salkhad District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tahula had a population of 288 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.[2]
History
In 1596, it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Tahula (dir nazd Nawas al-Laja), as part of the nahiya (subdistrict) of Bani Malik as-Sadir, in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 37 households and 15 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat (1800 a.), barley (900 a.), goats and beehives (200 a.), in addition to "occasional revenues" (50 a.); the taxes totaled 3,000 akçe.[3]
in 1838, Eli Smith noted it as Tehuleh, a ruin located east of Salkhad.[4]
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. 212.
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 160
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.