Tayr Harfa
| Tayr Harfa طير حرفا | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
  Tayr Harfa | |
| Coordinates: 33°7′41.5″N 35°12′44.2″E / 33.128194°N 35.212278°E | |
| Grid position | 170/281 PAL |
| Country |
 Lebanon |
| Governorate | South Governorate |
| District | Tyre |
| Highest elevation | 1,380 ft (420 m) |
| Time zone | GMT +3 |
Tayr Harfa (Arabic: طير حرفا ) is a village in Tyre District in Southern Lebanon.
Name
According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "The fortress of Harfa".[1]
History
In 1852, during the late Ottoman era, Edward Robinson noted it on his travels in the region.[2]
In 1875, Victor Guérin found here 200 Metuali inhabitants.[3]
In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A stone and mud village, containing about 200 Moslems, on a hill, with olives, figs, and arable land, and waste ground covered with brushwood. Water from cisterns."[4]
References
Bibliography
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Guérin, Victor (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 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, Edward; Smith, Eli (1856). Later Biblical Researches in Palestine and adjacent regions: A Journal of Travels in the year 1852. London: John Murray.
External links
- Tayr Harfa, Localiban
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 3: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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