Rimat al-Luhuf
Rimat al-Luhuf
ريمة اللحف، ريمة الفخور Rimat al-Fukhour | |
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  Rimat al-Luhuf Location within Syria | |
| Coordinates: 32°50′02″N 36°31′26″E / 32.83389°N 36.52389°E | |
| Grid position | 293/249 |
| Country | .svg.png){kind=small} Syria |
| Governorate | Suwayda |
| District | Suwayda |
| Subdistrict | Mazraa |
| Population (2004 census)[1] | |
• Total | 1,925 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Rimat al-Luhuf (Arabic: ريمة اللحف), also known as Rimat al-Fukhour (Arabic: ريمة الفخور) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Rimat al-Luhuf had a population of 1,925 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze, with a Sunni Muslim Bedouin minority. Most of the Bedouins reside in the northern part of the village, an area known as Al-Manshiyah.[2]
History
Rimat al-Luhuf is identified with the ancient village of Rimea, which is attested in inscriptions found in the Roman-era sanctuary of Aumos, a local sun god associated with Zeus, located a few kilometers away at Dayr al-Laban. Two individuals from the village mentioned in the inscriptions are said to belong to a tribe called the Khastenoi.[3]
In 1596 the village appeared in the Ottoman tax registers named Rimat al-Halahil, part of the nahiya (Subdistrict) of Bani Nasiyya in the Hauran Sanjak. It had a Muslim population consisting of 43 households and 17 bachelors, and a Christian population consisting of 14 households and 7 bachelors; a total of 81 taxable units. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat (6000 a.), barley (1800 a.), summer crops (1200 a.), goats and beehives (250 a.), in addition to "occasional revenues" (150 a.); a total of 9,400 akçe. 2/3 of the revenue went to a waqf.[4]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted that inhabitants of Rimet el-Luhf were predominantly Druse and Catholic Christians.[5]
Religious buildings
- Maqam Al-Miqdad ibn Amr (Druze Shrine)
- Mosque
See also
References
- 1 2 General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Deprecated link archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ↑ "Druze communities in the Middle East". British Druze Society. Archived from the original on September 11, 2011.
- ↑ Newson, Paul (2025). Imperialism and Appropriation in Rural Roman Syria. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Routledge. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-003-44140-3.
- ↑ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 219.
- ↑ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Second appendix, B, 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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