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Qlaiaa

Qlaiaa

Village in Nabatieh Governorate

Qlaiaa (Arabic: القليعة) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon. The inhabitants are mainly Maronite Christians.

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Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the little castle".[1]

History

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Qlaiaa's population as Maronite.[2]

In 1870 Victor Guérin found the village to have 400 Maronite inhabitants.[3]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing about 1 50 Christians ; it contains a church, and is situated on a ridge, with vineyards, olives, figs, and arable land around ; it has a birket and spring near."[4] Note that a birket is a pool of water.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Palmer, 1881, p. 29
  2. [2]
    Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 137
  3. [3]
    Guerin, 1880, p. 279
  4. [4]
    Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 89

Bibliography

  • Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
  • Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • 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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