Burj Qallawiyah ( ar, برج قلويه ) is a village in the
Bint Jbeil District
The Bint Jbeil District is a district in the Nabatiyeh Governorate of Lebanon. The capital of the district is Bint Jbeil.
Villages
The following 36 municipalities are all located in the Bint Jbeil District:
*Aynata
* Aayta Ech Chaab
* Aayta Ej ...
in southern
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...
.
Name
According to
E. H. Palmer, the name ''Burj el Alawei'' means "the tower of the Alawei".
History
In 1881, the
PEF PEF, PeF, or Pef may stand for the following abbreviations:
* Palestine Exploration Fund
* Peak expiratory flow
* PEF Private University of Management Vienna
* Pentax raw file (see Raw image format)
* Perpetual Education Fund
* Perpetual Emigratio ...
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''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described Burj Alawei as: “A village, built of stone, containing about 300
Metawileh
Lebanese Shia Muslims ( ar, المسلمون الشيعة اللبنانيين), historically known as ''matāwila'' ( ar, متاولة, plural of ''mutawālin'' ebanese pronounced as ''metouali'' refers to Lebanese people who are adherents ...
, situated on upland, with a few olives, figs, and some arable land round. The water supply is from a well and spring.”
[Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p]
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References
Bibliography
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External links
Localiban
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2:
IAAWikimedia commons
{{Bint Jbeil District
Populated places in Bint Jbeil District
Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon