Jamrin (; transliteration: ''Jamrīn'', also spelled ''Jimrin'', ''Jemrin'' and ''Jemarrin'') is a village in southern

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, administratively part of the

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, located east of

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and immediately north of

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. Other nearby localities include Maaraba to the west,

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to the northwest, al-Mujaymer to the north and

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to the east. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Jamrin had a population of 1,000 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are

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.General Census of Population and Housing 2004
Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate.

History

Antiquity

Immediately north of Jamrin is the

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-era Jamrin Bridge. In 543, during the

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era, a church dedicated to St. Stephen was built in Jamrin.

Ottoman era

In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers under the name of ''Jimrin'', being part of the ''

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'' (subdistrict) of Bani Nasiyya in the Qada Hauran. It had an entirely

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population consisting of 15 households and 5 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 6,330

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. In 1838, it was noted as a ruin, ''Jemurrin'', situated in "the Nukra

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east of

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Modern era

As of the 1980s, Jamrin's inhabitants belonged to three clans, with the office of the village's ''

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'' (headman) being traditionally filled by members of the Kafarnah clan.Batatu 1999, p
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References

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External links

Bosra-map; 22M
{{Daraa Governorate, daraa Populated places in Daraa District Villages in Syria