Aitat , or Aytat ( Arabic : عيتات ), is a town located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the town of Aley within the district of the same name in the Lebanese governorate of Mount Lebanon . It was a strategic place during the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), due to its view to Beirut .
4-690: In 1838, Eli Smith noted the place, called Aithath , located in El-Ghurb el-Fokany , upper el-Ghurb . With its neighboring Christian town of Souk El-Gharb , this town remains one of the most memorable places in Lebanon for the Druze and the Christians as a reminder the fierce and deadly battles that occurred during the Lebanese Civil War. Today Aitat and Souk El-Gharb are considered to be
8-570: The Holy Land in 1838 and 1852, acting as an interpreter for Robinson in his quest to identify and record biblical place names in Palestine, which was subsequently published in Robinson's Biblical Researches in Palestine . He is known for bringing the first printing press with Arabic type to Syria . He went on to pursue the task which he considered to be his life's work: translation of
12-658: The Bible into Arabic. Although he died before completing the task, the work was completed by C. V. Van Dyck of the Syrian Mission and published in 1860 to 1865. Smith married three times. His first wife was Sarah Lanman Huntington Smith , who was also a missionary. She died in 1836. He then married Maria Ward Chapin, who died in 1842. He married Mehitable (Hetty) Simkins (Butler) Smith on October 7, 1846, in Northampton, Massachusetts . His daughter Mary Elizabeth Smith
16-1114: The symbol of unity and forgiveness. The Abi Saab's, Timani's and Talhouq's, are the most well known families of Aitat and the Aley district. This Lebanon location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Eli Smith Eli Smith (September 13, 1801 – January 11, 1857) was an American Protestant missionary and scholar. Smith was born in Northford, Connecticut , to Eli and Polly (née Whitney) Smith. He graduated from Yale College in 1821 and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1826. He worked in Malta until 1829, then in company with H. G. O. Dwight traveled through Armenia and Georgia to Persia . They published their observations, Missionary Researches in Armenia , in 1833 in two volumes. Smith settled in Beirut in 1833. Along with Edward Robinson , he made two trips to
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