Al-Kafat
Al-Kafat
الكافات | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Al-Kafat Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°4′4″N36°53′19″E/ 35.06778°N 36.88861°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Salamiyah |
| Subdistrict | Salamiyah |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 1,893 |
| Time zone | UTC+2(EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3(EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C3258 |
Al-Kafat(Arabic:الكافات) is aSyrianvillage located in theSalamiyah Subdistrictof theSalamiyah Districtof theHama Governorate.According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics(CBS), al-Kafat had a population of 1,893 in the 2004 census.[1]Its inhabitants are predominantlyIsmailis.[2]
Al-Kafat was founded in 1870 by Ismaili peasants fromAkkarin modern-day northernLebanon.They initially began farming in the area surrounding al-Kafat, but mostly lived in nearbySalamiyah,the center of Ismaili life in Syria. The Akkari Ismailis of Salamiyah were forced off their land in the mid-19th century on the orders of the Ismailiemir(prince) of the city, who gave the land confiscated from them to his relatives. Part of the Akkaris returned to Akkar, while others went on to eventually establish al-Kafat, which became a prosperous suburb of Salamiyah.[2]
References
[edit]- ^"General Census of Population 2004".Retrieved2014-07-10.
- ^abDouwes, Dick (2010), "Modern History of the Nizari Ismailis of Syria", in Farhad Daftary (ed.),A Modern History of the Ismailis: Continuity and Change in a Muslim Community,I. B. Tauris,ISBN9780857735263
