Blat, Marjayoun

For other places with similar names, see Blat (disambiguation).
Blat
بلاط
Village
Map showing the location of   Blat within Lebanon
Blat

Location within Lebanon

Coordinates: 33°23′10″N 35°36′02″E / 33.38611°N 35.60056°E / 33.38611; 35.60056Coordinates: 33°23′10″N 35°36′02″E / 33.38611°N 35.60056°E / 33.38611; 35.60056
Grid position 136/161 L
Country  Lebanon
Governorate Nabatieh Governorate
District Marjeyoun District
Elevation 680 m (2,230 ft)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Dialing code +961

Blat (Arabic: بلاط) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon, located just north of Marjeyoun.

History

In 1596, it was named as a village, Balat, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 56 households and 2 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards, goats, beehives; in addition to occasional revenues, a press for olive oil or grape syrup and a water mill; a total of 6,000 akçe.[1][2]

References

  1. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 183
  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

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