Ad-Dilli
Ad-Dilli
الدلي | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Ad-Dilli | |
| Coordinates: 32°54′13″N 36°09′32″E / 32.90361°N 36.15889°E | |
| PAL | 258/257 |
| Country | Syria |
| Governorate | Daraa |
| District | Izraa |
| Subdistrict | Shaykh Miskin |
| Population (2004)[1] | |
• Total | 1,271 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Ad-Dilli (Arabic: الدلي) is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), ad-Dilli had a population of 1,271 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
History
In 1596, it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers named Dali; part of the nahiya of Bani Kilab in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 38 households and 15 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (3000 akçe), barley (1350), summer crops (250), goats and beehives (200), in addition to "occasional revenues" (300); a total of 5,300 akçe. 22/24 of the revenue went to a waqf.[2]
Religious buildings
- Al-Munir Mosque
References
- ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Deprecated link archived 2013-01-12 at archive.today. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 210
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.