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'''Al-'Aliyat''' ({{ |
'''Al-'Aliyat''' ({{langx|ar|العاليات}}, also spelled ''Alyat'') is a village in the [[Homs Governorate]] in central [[Syria]], located southeast of [[Homs]] on the western fringes of the [[Syrian Desert]]. According to the [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS), al-'Aliyat had a population of 532 in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|title=General Census of Population 2004.|url=https://www.humanitarianresponse.info/sites/www.humanitarianresponse.info/files/syr_pop_2004_sycensus_0.xls |access-date= 2014-07-10}}</ref> Its inhabitants are predominantly [[Alawites]].<ref name="Seale">{{cite book|last1=Seale|first1=Patrick|title=Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East|page=21}}</ref> |
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In April 1924, during [[French Mandate of Syria|French Mandatory]] rule, followers of [[Sulayman al-Murshid]] killed a number of people in al-'Aliyat for not converting to al-Murshid's strain of [[Alawite]] Islam. French forces confronted al-Murshid's disciples, who were armed mostly with sticks, and fifty of them were killed, while another fifty were wounded. Al-Murshid was exiled to [[Raqqa]] in the aftermath of the clashes.<ref name="Seale"/> |
In April 1924, during [[French Mandate of Syria|French Mandatory]] rule, followers of [[Sulayman al-Murshid]] killed a number of people in al-'Aliyat for not converting to al-Murshid's strain of [[Alawite]] Islam. French forces confronted al-Murshid's disciples, who were armed mostly with sticks, and fifty of them were killed, while another fifty were wounded. Al-Murshid was exiled to [[Raqqa]] in the aftermath of the clashes.<ref name="Seale"/> |
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Al-'Aliyat
العاليات | |
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Village | |
  Al-'Aliyat Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates: 34°32′32″N 36°49′48″E / 34.54222°N 36.83000°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Homs |
| Subdistrict | Homs |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 532 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Al-'Aliyat (Arabic: العاليات, also spelled Alyat) is a village in the Homs Governorate in central Syria, located southeast of Homs on the western fringes of the Syrian Desert. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-'Aliyat had a population of 532 in 2004.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites.[2]
In April 1924, during French Mandatory rule, followers of Sulayman al-Murshid killed a number of people in al-'Aliyat for not converting to al-Murshid's strain of Alawite Islam. French forces confronted al-Murshid's disciples, who were armed mostly with sticks, and fifty of them were killed, while another fifty were wounded. Al-Murshid was exiled to Raqqa in the aftermath of the clashes.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "General Census of Population 2004". Retrieved 2014-07-10.
- ^ a b Seale, Patrick. Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East. p. 21.
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