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Albiyya
Al-Biyah (; also transliterated ''Albiyya'' or ''Albaya'') is a Syrian village located in the Hirbnafsah Subdistrict in Hama District. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Biyah had a population of 1,803 in the 2024 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians. History According to 16th-century Ottoman Defter records, Al-Biyah (referred to as ''Elbiyât)'' was one of a handful of Christian villages in the Hama Sanjak. Its population rose from 31 households in 1526 to 99 households and 71 bachelors in 1594. It is mentioned by Patriarch Macarius III Ibn al-Za'im () as one of the Christian villages located between Hama and Homs. He noted the village was part of a diocese called 'Euchaita' under Patriarch Michael VI Sabbagh () but that his successor, Patriarch Ibn Ziyada, split Euchaita between Hama and Homs, assigning al-Biyah to the latter, after Euchaita's metropolitan Malachi died. The village continued to be inhabited in the 17th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Location Map
In geography, location or place is used to denote a region (point, line, or area) on Earth's surface. The term ''location'' generally implies a higher degree of certainty than ''place'', the latter often indicating an entity with an ambiguous boundary, relying more on human or social attributes of place identity and sense of place than on geometry. A populated place is called a ''Human settlement, settlement''. Types Locality A suburb, locality, human settlement, settlement, or populated place is likely to have a well-defined name but a boundary that is not well defined, but rather varies by context. London, for instance, has a legal boundary, but this is unlikely to completely match with general usage. An area within a town, such as Covent Garden in London, also almost always has some ambiguity as to its extent. In geography, location is considered to be more precise than "place". Relative location A relative location, or situation, is described as a displacement from another si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hama Sanjak
The Hama Sanjak () was a prefecture (sanjak) of the Ottoman Empire, located in modern-day Syria. The city of Hama was the Sanjak's capital. It had a population of 200,410 in 1914. The Sanjak of Hama shared same region with Sanjak of Homs and Sanjak of Salamiyah. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hama, Sanjak History of Hama States and territories established in 1549 Sanjaks of Ottoman Syria 1549 establishments in the Ottoman Empire 1918 disestablishments in the Ottoman Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crocker & Brewster
Crocker & Brewster (1818–1876) was a leading publishing house in Boston, Massachusetts, during its 58-year existence. The business was located at today's 173–175 Washington Street for nearly half a century; in 1864 it moved to the adjoining building, where it remained until the firm's dissolution. History Foundation and early years The firm was founded by Uriel Crocker and Osmyn Brewster, with the participation of their earlier employer, Samuel Turell Armstrong, later mayor of Boston and acting governor of the Commonwealth. In 1815, Crocker was made foreman of Armstrong's printing office, and in 1818 was, with his fellow-apprentice, Brewster, taken into partnership with Armstrong. The trio agreed that the bookstore would be named for Mr. Armstrong and the printing office for Crocker & Brewster. In 1821 a branch of the business was established in New York City. Five years later, it was sold to Daniel Appleton and Jonathan Leavitt, becoming the foundation of the firm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toumin
Toumin (, also transliterated ''Toumine'') is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate. It is located southwest of Hama and lies on the northern bank of the Orontes River, overlooking the city of Rastan. Nearby localities include Deir al-Fardis to the northwest, Kafr Buhum to the north, al-Rastan to the south and Houla to the southwest. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Toumin had a population of 2,129 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly |
Khirba
The glossary of Arabic toponyms gives translations of Arabic terms commonly found as components in Arabic toponyms. A significant number of them were put together during the PEF Survey of Palestine carried out in the second half of the 19th century. A B C D H I J K M N O Q R S U W See also * Maghreb place name etymology * Oikonyms in Western and South Asia *Place names of Palestine Many place names in Palestine were Arabized forms of ancient Hebrew and Canaanite place-names used in biblical times or later Aramaic formations. Most of these names have been handed down for thousands of years though their meaning was understo ... * List of Arabic place names References Sources * * * * External linksThe intro to a 1950s gazetteerfor 35,000 placenames of Arabian Peninsula and surrounding waters and islands contains a glossary of generi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feddan
A feddan () is a unit of area used in Egypt, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, and Oman. In Classical Arabic, the word means 'a yoke of oxen', implying the area of ground that could be tilled by oxen in a certain time. In Egypt, the feddan is the only non-metric unit which remained in use following the adoption of the metric system. A feddan is divided into 24 kirat (, ''qīrāt''), with one kirat equalling 175 square metres. Equivalent units 1 feddan = 24 Kirat (unit), kirat = 60 metre × 70 metre = 4200 square metres (m2) = 0.420 hectares = 1.037 acres In Syria, the feddan is a vaguer quantity, referring to the amount of land that can be ploughed by a pair of oxen in a year, being about .''A Handbook of Syria: Including Palestine''. (1920:324). United Kingdom: H.M. Stationery Office. See also *Acre *Dunam References {{Reflist Units of area Science and technology in Egypt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim VI
Patriarch Joachim VI (died 1604) was Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch The Patriarch of Antioch is a traditional title held by the bishop of Antioch (modern-day Antakya, Turkey). As the traditional "overseer" (, , from which the word ''bishop'' is derived) of the first gentile Christian community, the position has ... from 1593 to 1604. Life Joachim VI was born in the village of Sisniya, in the Akkar region of modern Lebanon. Before his enthronement as patriarch, he was the Metropolitan of Homs. Joachim was elected Patriarch of Antioch in 1593, after a one-year vacancy of the see. He is remembered for his weak reign and his inability to control the Orthodox bishops of Syria from governing their sees autonomously. Corruption was rampant in the patriarchate as a result of his weakness, so much so that Pariarch Meletius I of Alexandria wrote a letter to him condemning him. The real power controlling the patriarchate during his reign was the Orthodox laity of Damascus, led by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael VI Sabbagh
Patriarch Michael VI (died 1592) was Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch The Patriarch of Antioch is a traditional title held by the bishop of Antioch (modern-day Antakya, Turkey). As the traditional "overseer" (, , from which the word ''bishop'' is derived) of the first gentile Christian community, the position has ... from 1576 to 1581, and antipatriarch of Antioch from 1581 to 1583. Life Upon the death of his predecessor Patriarch Joachim IV, the Orthodox bishops of Syria selected Michael (then Metropolitan Macarius of Euchaita), Metropolitan Dorotheus of Tripoli, and Metropolitan Gregorius of Aleppo as the three most worthy candidates to succeed him, and tasked the three with deciding among themselves who should become patriarch. Gregorius, who did not want to abandon his see due to his popularity and political strength in Aleppo, voted for Michael, and Dorotheus did the same. Michael soon became deeply unpopular with the Orthodox Christians of Damascus, the seat of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Homs
Homs ( ; ), known in pre-Islamic times as Emesa ( ; ), is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is Metres above sea level, above sea level and is located north of Damascus. Located on the Orontes River, Homs is also the central link between the interior cities and the Mediterranean coast. Before the Syrian civil war, Homs was a major industrial hub with a population of at least 652,609 people in 2004, it was the third-largest city in Syria after Aleppo to the north and the capital Damascus to the south. Its population reflected Syria's general religious diversity, composed of Sunni and Alawite Muslims, and Eastern Christianity, Christians. There are a number of historic mosques and churches in the city, and it is close to the Krak des Chevaliers castle, a World Heritage Site. Homs did not emerge into the historical record until the 1st century BC in the Seleucid Empire, becoming the capital of a kingdom ruled by the Emesene dynasty who gave the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hama
Hama ( ', ) is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria. It is located north of Damascus and north of Homs. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. With a population of 996,000 (2023 census), Hama is one of the four largest cities in Syria, with Damascus, Aleppo and Homs, Also notably being the only Governorate with no land borders with any foreign countries, Hama is also known for its Cheese-making tradition, notably reflected in a signature local dessert Halawet el Jibn. The city is renowned for its seventeen norias used for watering the gardens, Which are claimed to date back to 1100 BC. Though historically used for irrigation, the norias today are purely for show for the local population. History The ancient settlement of Hamath was occupied from the early Neolithic to the Iron Age. Neolithic The stratigraphy is very generalized, which makes detailed comparison to other sites difficult. Level M ( thick) contained both white ware ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macarius III Ibn Al-Za'im
Patriarch Macarius (or Makarios) III Ibn al-Za'im (; born Yousef Za'im, died 1672) was Patriarch of Antioch from 1647 to 1672. He led a period of blossoming of his Church and is also remembered for his travels in Russia and for his involvement in the reforms of Russian Patriarch Nikon. Life Yousef Za'im was born in Aleppo, son of the priest Paul; he was a disciple of Euthymius II Karmah. He was ordained priest (taking the name of ''Yuhanna'') after marrying. He also used to work as weaver. In 1627 Za'im had a son Paul (sometime known as ''Paul of Aleppo''), who became his secretary and biographer. After the death of his wife in 1627, he retired to the Mar Saba monastery until 1634. On October 27, 1635, he was consecrated metropolitan bishop of Aleppo by Patriarch Euthymius III of Chios (taking the name of ''Meletius''), who also appointed him catholicos (supervisor) of the whole patriarchate. As Metropolitan of Aleppo he led a bright and rich period for the Christians of Aleppo. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Resm-i Mücerred
The resm-i mücerred was a bachelor tax in the Ottoman Empire, related to the resm-i çift and the resm-i bennâk. The amount payable varied from year to year and from region to region, but the tax was payable annually, in March, to the timar holder (nominally a sipahi) or to the tax-farmer (iltizam). However, a muafname (tax exemption) might excuse a person, or a village, or an entire social group from paying resm-i mücerred and related taxes; alternatively, örfi taxes might be lifted from a community but they would still have to pay resm-i mücerred. Resm-i mücerred was paid by landless poor or unmarried peasants who did not have sufficient resources to qualify for the resm-i çift and the resm-i bennâk land-taxes - whose names, taken literally, refer to one " çift" of land, and a half-çift, respectively. This structure may have been directly inherited from the Byzantine system of land taxes, in areas which were conquered by the Ottomans. One 19th-century tahrir, from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
