Kfar Sir
Kfar Sir
كفرصير | |
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Village | |
Kfar Sir Location in Lebanon | |
Coordinates: 33°19′30.0″N 35°24′02.8″E / 33.325000°N 35.400778°E | |
Grid position | 118/154 L |
Country | Lebanon |
Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
District | Nabatieh District |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | +3 |
Area code(s) | +961 - (07 - South Lebanon) |
Kfar Sir (كفرصير) is a village just north of the Litani River, in the Nabatieh District in southern Lebanon.
History[]
In the 1596 tax records, it was named as a village, Kafr Tir, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Sagif under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 58 households and 5 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 6,231 akçe.[1][2]
References[]
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, H. (1979). Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century (PhD). Columbia University.
External links[]
- Kfar Sir, Localiban
Categories:
- Populated places in Nabatieh District
- Populated places in Lebanon