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| '''Jarmaq''' ({{langx|ar|الجرمق}}) was a village in the northern ], near ]. It was inhabited by ] before it was abandoned in the 1880s. | '''Jarmaq''' ({{langx|ar|الجرمق}}) was a village in the northern ], near ]. It was inhabited by ] before it was abandoned in the 1880s. | ||
| ==Location== | |||
| It is situated at the lower, western ridge of ], overlooking the ].{{sfn|Firro|1992|p=167}} | |||
| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| Jarmaq was a ] village, which began to decline in the 1830s, with ] calling it "almost deserted".{{sfn|Firro|1992|p=167}} In 1877 it was described as "a small, half-ruined village of stone" with thirty Druze inhabitants.{{sfn|Firro|1992|p=167}} The inhabitants emigrated to the ] in the following decade. Jarmaq is the ancestral village of the eponymous Jarmaqani family resident in modern ], ] and ].{{sfn|Firro|1992|p=167}} | Jarmaq was a ] village, which began to decline in the 1830s, with ] calling it "almost deserted".{{sfn|Firro|1992|p=167}} In 1877 it was described as "a small, half-ruined village of stone" with thirty Druze inhabitants.{{sfn|Firro|1992|p=167}} The inhabitants emigrated to the ] in the following decade. Jarmaq is the ancestral village of the eponymous Jarmaqani family resident in modern ], ] and ].{{sfn|Firro|1992|p=167}} | ||
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Jarmaq (Arabic: الجرمق) was a village in the northern Galilee, near Safed. It was inhabited by Druze before it was abandoned in the 1880s.
Location
It is situated at the lower, western ridge of Mount Meron, overlooking the Sea of Galilee.
History
Jarmaq was a Druze village, which began to decline in the 1830s, with Edward Robinson calling it "almost deserted". In 1877 it was described as "a small, half-ruined village of stone" with thirty Druze inhabitants. The inhabitants emigrated to the Hauran in the following decade. Jarmaq is the ancestral village of the eponymous Jarmaqani family resident in modern Salkhad, al-Qurayya and Urman.
References
- ^ Firro 1992, p. 167.
Bibliography
- Firro, Kais (1992). A History of the Druzes. Vol. 1. BRILL. ISBN 9004094377.
- 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.