• Source: Tayr Harfa

Tayr Harfa (Arabic: طير حرفا) is a village in Tyre District in Southern Lebanon, located 16 kilometres south of Tyre.




Name


According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "The fortress of Harfa".




History


In 1852, during the late Ottoman era, Edward Robinson noted it on his travels in the region.
In 1875, Victor Guérin found here 200 Metuali inhabitants.
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A stone and mud village, containing about 200 Moslems, on a hill, with olives, figs, and arable land, and waste ground covered with brushwood. Water from cisterns."




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External links


Tayr Harfa, Localiban
Survey of Western Palestine, Map 3: IAA, Wikimedia commons

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