Blat, Marjayoun

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Blat
بلاط
Village
Ravine, in the Litani River by Blat, ca 1851, by van de Velde
Ravine, in the Litani River by Blat, ca 1851, by van de Velde
Map showing the location of Blat within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Blat within Lebanon
Blat
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°23′10″N 35°36′02″E / 33.38611°N 35.60056°E / 33.38611; 35.60056Coordinates: 33°23′10″N 35°36′02″E / 33.38611°N 35.60056°E / 33.38611; 35.60056
Grid position136/161 L
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictMarjeyoun District
Elevation
680 m (2,230 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Blat (Arabic: بلاط) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon, located just north of Marjeyoun.

History[]

In 1596, it was named as a village, Balat, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 56 households and 2 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards, goats, beehives; in addition to occasional revenues, a press for olive oil or grape syrup and a water mill; a total of 6,000 akçe.[1][2]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Blat's population as being Metawileh.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 183
  2. ^ Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
  3. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 137

Bibliography[]

  • Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (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.
  • Rhode, Harold (1979). Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century. Columbia University.
  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.

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