Jump to content

Borj Ech Chemali

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Huldra (talk | contribs) at 20:05, 29 September 2016 (→History: ....wrong loculi). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Borj Ech Chemali
برج الشمالي
Village
Grid position172/296 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Governorate
DistrictTyre
Time zoneGMT +3

Borj Ech Chemali (Arabic: برج الشمالي) is a village in the Tyre District in South Lebanon, located just east of Tyre.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name Burj esh Shemâly means "the northern tower".[1]

History

In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A large village built of stone, containing about 300 Metawileh, placed on a low ridge, with figs, olives, and arable land around. There are two good springs near.[2]

They further noted that it was "a village with a similar tower of drafted masonry (as that of Borj Rahal). The hill is crowned by a stronghold, the vaults of which, slightly ogival, do not appear older than the Crusaders, but it was constructed of older blocks, some in drafted masonry and others completely smoothed. About a mile to the south-west of this hill is a subterranean series of tombs, each containing several ranges of loculi, which was explored by Renan."[3]

References

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 4
  2. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 48
  3. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 58

Bibliography

  • Conder, Claude Reignier; 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, Victor (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.
  • Renan, Ernest (1864). Mission de Phénicie (in French). Paris: Imprimerie impériale.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Borj_Ech_Chemali&oldid=741807595"