Bayyad | |
Other Name: | Biyad |
Native Name: | بياض |
Native Name Lang: | ara |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Lebanon |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map showing the location of Bayyad within Lebanon |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Lebanon |
Coordinates: | 33.2042°N 35.3283°W |
Grid Position: | 180/290 PAL |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | |
Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
Subdivision Name1: | South Lebanon Governorate |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Tyre District |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | EET |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Area Code Type: | Dialing code |
Area Code: | +9617 |
Bayyad (Arabic: بياض ) is a village in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.
E. H. Palmer wrote that the name means "the white spot".[1]
In 1881, during the late Ottoman era, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, with many ruined houses [..], containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on hill-top, surrounded by fig-trees, olives, and arable land ; water supplied from cisterns."[2]
They further noted: "There are many ruined houses at this village, and a lintel with three crosses upon it, the centre being the largest. Foundations of rough-hewn stones of some building."[3]
. Edward Henry Palmer. 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.