Shamsin
Shamsin
شمسين Shemsin | |
|---|---|
  Shamsin Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:34°32′29″N36°44′26″E/ 34.54139°N 36.74056°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Homs |
| Subdistrict | Hisyah |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 811 |
| Time zone | UTC+3(EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2(EEST) |
Shamsin(Arabic:شمسينShamsînalso spelledShemsin,ShamsinnorShimsan) is a village in centralSyria,administratively part of theHoms Governorate,located south ofHoms.Nearby localities includeal-Qusayrto the west,Damina al-Sharqiyato the northwest,Shinsharto the north,Dardaghanto the southeast andHisyahto the south. According to theSyrian Central Bureau of Statistics(CBS), Shamsin had a population of 811 in the 2004 census.[1]Its inhabitants are predominantlySunni Muslims.[2]
History
[edit]In 1226, duringAyyubidrule, Syrian geographerYaqut al-Hamawivisited Shamsin, noting it was "a place between Hims (Homs) andKara."[3]Under the Ayyubids and later theMamlukswho gained power in 1250, Shamsin was part of Mamlakat Hims ( "Kingdom of Homs" ), the smallest district in both sultanates.[4]
In the mid-19th-century, Shamsin was described as "a small place" by German traveler Albert Socin.[5]During this period, the village was walled and referred to as the site of an oldkhan(caravanserai). It was populated by a few families, while the surrounding areas were dominated by the nomadic`Anizzahtribe.[6]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Socin, A.(1876).Palestine and Syria, Handbook for Travellers.Karl Baedeker.
- Park, E. A. (1854).The Bibliotheca Sacra and American Biblical Repository.Vol. 11. W. F. Draper.
- Le Strange, G.(1890).Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500.London: Committee of thePalestine Exploration Fund.OCLC1004386.
- Robinson, E.;Smith, E.(1841).Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838.Vol. 3. Boston:Crocker & Brewster.
