Tubna
Tubna
تبنة | |
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Village | |
Tubna Location in Syria | |
Coordinates: 32°59′33″N 36°13′0.8″E / 32.99250°N 36.216889°ECoordinates: 32°59′33″N 36°13′0.8″E / 32.99250°N 36.216889°E | |
Grid position | 264/266 |
Country | Syria |
Governorate | Daraa |
District | Al-Sanamayn |
Subdistrict | Al-Sanamayn |
Elevation | 650 m (2,130 ft) |
Population (2004 census) | |
• Total | 1,272 |
• Official languages | Arabic |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Tubna (Arabic: تبنة, also spelled Tibna or Tebnah) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate in the Hauran region. It is located 58 km south Damascus and 42 km from Daraa.
History[]
Tubna was the seat of a Monophysite monastery by the second half of the 6th century.[1] The Byzantine Empire’s Ghassanid Arab vassals apparently maintained a presence in Tubna as evidenced by a verse by the contemporary poet al-Nabigha that placed the tomb of the Ghassanid emir between “Tubna and Jasim”.[1] Moreover, the Ghassanids were adamant supporters of the Monophysite church and their relationship with Tubna may have been based on their support for its monastery.[1]
The Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi noted in the 1220s that Tubna was "a town of the Hauran, belonging to the Damascus Province".[2]
Ottoman era[]
In 1596 Tubna appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Tibna and was part of the nahiya (subdistrict) of Bani Kilab in the . It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 30 households and 25 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives; a total of 16,460 akçe. 2,5/24 of the revenue went to a waqf.[3]
In 1838, Tibny was noted as a Muslim village, situated "the Nukra, north of Al-Shaykh Maskin".[4]
Demographics[]
According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Tubna had a population of 1,272 in 2004.[5] The inhabitants are predominantly Melkite Greek Catholics.[6] The village is among the handful of Melkite villages that straddle the hills separating the Hauran plain and Jabal al-Druze massif.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b c Shahid 2002, p. 228.
- ^ Le Strange, 1890, p. 546
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 209.
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 151
- ^ General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ a b Dick, Marlin (May–June 2004). "Deep Roots in a Fertile Land". ONE Magazine. Catholic Near East Welfare Association. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
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.
- Le Strange, G. (1890). Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500. 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. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
External links[]
- Populated places in Al-Sanamayn District
- Melkite Christian communities in Syria