Bayyad Explained

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.

Origin of name

E. H. Palmer wrote that the name means "the white spot".[1]

History

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]

Bibliography

. 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 32
  2. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 91
  3. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 114