Borj Ech Chemali

Borj Ech Chemali (Arabic: برج الشمالي‎) is a village in the Tyre District in South Lebanon, located just east of Tyre.

Borj Ech Chemali

برج الشمالي
Village
Borj Ech Chemali
Coordinates: 33°15′45″N 35°14′20″E
Grid position172/296 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictTyre
Time zoneGMT +3

Name

According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name Burj esh Shemâly means "the northern tower".[1]

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A large village built of stone, containing about 300 Metawileh, placed on a low ridge, with figs, olives, and arable land around. There are two good springs near.[2]

They further noted that it was "a village with a similar tower of drafted masonry (as that of Borj Rahal). The hill is crowned by a stronghold, the vaults of which, slightly ogival, do not appear older than the Crusaders, but it was constructed of older blocks, some in drafted masonry and others completely smoothed. About a mile to the south-west of this hill is a subterranean series of tombs, each containing several ranges of loculi, which was explored by Renan."[3]

References
  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 4
  2. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 48
  3. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 58

Bibliography
  • Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
  • Palmer, E.H. (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.
  • Renan, E. (1864). Mission de Phénicie (in French). Paris: Imprimerie impériale.
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