Lubayn Explained

Official Name:Lubayn
Native Name:لبين
Other Name:Lubbein
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Syria
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:250
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Syria
Coordinates:32.9192°N 36.3953°W
Grid Position:280/258
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:as-Suwayda
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Shahba
Subdivision Type3:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name3:Ariqah
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:1,730
Population As Of:2004
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3

Lubayn (Arabic: لبين; also spelled Lubbein) is a village in the al-Suwayda Governorate in southwestern Syria. It is situated in the southern part of the Lejah plateau, northwest of the city of al-Suwayda. Lubayn had a population of 1,730 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are Druze.

History

There are Byzantine-era (4th-6th centuries CE) ruins in Lubayn.[2]

In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Libbin and was part of the nahiya of Bani Abdullah in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 20 households and 7 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives; the taxes totalled 3,200 akçe.[3]

The modern-day village was established by Druze from the Murshid family sometime between 1867 and 1883.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20191215070731/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB13-11-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004
  2. Book: Pleket. H. W.. Stroud. R. S.. Strubbe. H. M.. Supplementum epigraphicum Graecum, Volume 41. 1991. Gieben. 529. 9789050633567.
  3. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 215
  4. Firro, 1992, p. 175