Alman, Marjeyoun

Alman علمان
Village
Alman Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°18′09″N 35°28′16″E
Grid position	124/152 L
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Marjeyoun District
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+961

Alman (Arabic: علمان) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in South Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name Alman is perhaps from the Arabic form of “a sign-post” or “a mountain”.

History

In 1875 Victor Guérin visited, and noted that some houses were built with large stones which appeared ancient.

In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A few houses built of stone on the ruins of a village; they contain about forty Metawileh. The place is situated on the edge of the cliffs above the Litany River, and is surrounded by a few gardens with figs and olives; there are five rock-cut cisterns and a birket." They further noted: "The present village is built on the ruins of a former town, of which the foundations can be seen. The houses are built with great blocks of ancient appearance. On the north side there is a rock-cut tomb, with roughly-sculptured figures over the entrance: this is called Mugharet ish Shahl."

Bibliography

• Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
• Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

External links

• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons