Khirbet al-Sawda, Rif Dimashq

The presence of Druze around Mount Hermon is documented since the founding of the Druze religion in the beginning of the 11th century.<ref>[[Roy Marom]], “[https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0zf1p3d1 Sukayk and al-Summāqah: Mamluk Rural Geography in the Northern Jawlān/Golan Heights in the Light of Qāytbāy’s Endowment Deeds],” in Kate Raphael and Mustafa Abbasi (ed.s), ''The Golan in the Mamluk and Ottoman Periods: an Archaeological and Historical Study: Excavations at Naʿarān and Farj, In Honour of Moshe Hartal, Yigal Ben Ephraim and Shuqri ‘Arra''f, Annual of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion Volume xiv (2024): 67</ref>

The presence of Druze around Mount Hermon is documented since the founding of the Druze religion in the beginning of the 11th century.<ref>[[Roy Marom]], “[https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0zf1p3d1 Sukayk and al-Summāqah: Mamluk Rural Geography in the Northern Jawlān/Golan Heights in the Light of Qāytbāy’s Endowment Deeds],” in Kate Raphael and Mustafa Abbasi (ed.s), ''The Golan in the Mamluk and Ottoman Periods: an Archaeological and Historical Study: Excavations at Naʿarān and Farj, In Honour of Moshe Hartal, Yigal Ben Ephraim and Shuqri ‘Arra''f, Annual of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion Volume xiv (2024): 67</ref>

In 1838, [[Eli Smith]] noted Khirbet al-Sawda's population as [[Druze]] and [[Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch|Greek Orthodox]] Christians.<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/139/mode/1up 139]</ref>

In 1838, [[Eli Smith]] noted Khirbet al-Sawda's population as [[Druze]] and [[Antiochian Greek Christians]].<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/139/mode/1up 139]</ref>

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