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Ad-Dour

Ad-Dour
الدور
Village
Ad-Dour is located in Syria
Ad-Dour
Ad-Dour
Coordinates: 32°48′06″N 36°24′06″E / 32.80167°N 36.40167°E / 32.80167; 36.40167
Grid position281/245
Country Syria
GovernorateSuwayda
DistrictSuwayda
SubdistrictMazraa
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total
1,412
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Ad-Dour (Arabic: الدور) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ad-Dour had a population of 1,412 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze, with a Sunni Muslim Bedouin minority.

History

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During early Ottoman Empire, in 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as "Dur" and was part of the nahiya (subdistrict) of Bani Sarma in the Hauran Sanjak. At that time it had an entirely Muslim population of 11 households and 3 bachelors, a total of 14 taxable units, who paid fixed tax rate of 20% of various agricultural products, such as wheat (3000 a), barley (900 a.), summer crops (2100 a.), goats and beehives (230 a.), in addition to tax on a water mill (230 a.); a total of 6,600 akçe. 3/4 of the revenue went to a Waqf.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah 1977, p. 216

Bibliography

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  • 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.