Sour (Arabic: صور) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Sour had a population of 924 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
History
In 1596, it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers named Sur; part of the nahiya of Bani Kilab in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 14 households and 7 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (3600 akçe), barley (900 a.), summer crops (540 a.), goats and beehives (100 a.). in addition to “occasional revenues” (190 a.); a total of 5,330 akçe. 15/24 of the revenue went to a waqf.[2]
In 1838, Sur was noted as a ruin, located “in the Lejah“, west of Dama.[3]
References
- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Deprecated link archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 210
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 156
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.
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