'Ayn Fit
'Ayn Fit
عين فيت | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Ruins at 'Ayn Fit | |
  'Ayn Fit 'Ayn Fit in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 33°13′26″N 35°42′15″E / 33.22389°N 35.70417°E | |
| Palestine grid | 216/292 |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Quneitra |
| District | Quneitra |
| Region | Golan Heights |
| Founded | 17th century |
| Destroyed | 1967 |
| Population | |
• Estimate (1960s) | 1,500 |
'Ayn Fit (Arabic: عين فيت), was a Syrian Alawite village situated in the northwestern Golan Heights.[1][2]
History
'Ayn Fit was established during the early 17th century.[3] The German explorer Ulrich Jasper Seetzen visited 'Ayn Fit in 1806 during his travels in the region.[4]
In 1838, Eli Smith noted 'Ayn Fit‘s population as Alawites.[5]
Before the Six-Day War in 1967, it was one of three mainly Alawite villages in the Golan Heights, together with Za'ura and Ghajar.[1] The population before the war was around 1500 people.[3] The inhabitants were forcibly expelled during the Six-Day War, when Israel occupied the Golan Heights, and the village was destroyed by Israel.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b Abu Fakhr, Sakr (2000). "Voices from the Golan". Journal of Palestine Studies. 29 (4): 5–36. doi:10.2307/2676559. JSTOR 2676559. Archived from the original on 29 January 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Southern Lebanon Border Area 1986 (Map). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2023 – via University of Texas at Austin.
- ^ a b Ashkenazi, Eli (10 May 2023). "Demonstrators protest IDF's plan to destroy heritage site in Golan Heights". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ Winter, Stefan (2016). A History of the 'Alawis: From Medieval Aleppo to the Turkish Republic. Princeton University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-691-17389-4. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Robinson, Edward (1841). "2nd Appendix". Biblical Researches in Palestine. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster. p. 136.
- ^ Mason, M.; Eldin, M.F.; Dajani, M. (2022). The Untold Story of the Golan Heights: Occupation, Colonization and Jawlani Resistance. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-7556-4453-7. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
