Sir el Gharbiyeh

Sir el Gharbieh (Arabic: سير الغربية‎) is a village just north of the Litani River, in the Nabatieh District in southern Lebanon.

Sir el Gharbieh سير الغربية
Village
Sir el Gharbieh Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°19′12.24″N 35°21′50.8″E
Grid position	114/154 L
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Nabatieh District
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	+3
Area code(s)	+961 - (07 - South Lebanon)

History

In the 1596 tax records, it was named as a village, Sir, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Sagif under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 10 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 2,000 akçe.[1][2]

On 23 February 1985, the Israeli Army shot dead seven villagers.[3]

People

Hassan Maatouk, the Lebanon national football team all-time goalscorer and most-capped player, is native to Sir el Gharbiyeh.[4]

References

1. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 186
2. Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
3. Middle East International No 263, 22 November 1985, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; p.17
4. "Hassan Maatouk - Soccer player profile & career statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 2020-02-19.

Bibliography

• Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (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.
• Rhode, Harold (1979). Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century. Columbia University.

External links

• Sir el Gharbiyeh, Localiban