Namir ( Arabic : نامر , romanized : Nāmir , also transliterated Namer , Namr , Nimr ), also known as Namir al-Hawa , is a village in southern Syria , administratively belonging to the Izra' District of the Daraa Governorate . In the 2004 census by the Central Bureau of Statistics , Namir had a population of 2,507. Its inhabitants include Sunni Muslims and Christians .
11-653: Namir , Namr , Namer , Nimr and Nimer may refer to the following places in the Middle East, with several toponyms in southern Syria, in particular: Syria [ edit ] Namir, Shaykh Maskin , a village in the Shaykh Maskin subdistrict of the Izra District of the Daraa Governorate , in southern Syria's Hauran plain. Namir, Jasim ,
22-682: A village in the Jasim subdistrict of the Izra District of the Daraa Governorate, in southern Syria's Hauran plain. Sometimes associated with the biblical Beth Nimreh . Nimreh (also called 'Namara' from the same root as 'Namir'), a Druze village in the Suwayda Governorate in southern Syria's Jabal Hauran massif Yemen [ edit ] Namir, Yemen , a village in southwestern Yemen. Topics referred to by
33-413: Is characterized by its rich soils and moderate rainfall, historically providing Namir with significant agricultural bounty and relatively sufficient water resources. Namir was mentioned by the 4th-century historian Eusebius . The 5th-century historian Jerome noted that it was a significant settlement and a place used by Nabatean nomads to encamp and convene. During Mamluk rule (1260s–1517), Namir
44-499: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Namir, Shaykh Maskin Namir is situated at an elevation of 580 meters (1,900 ft) above sea level. It is south of the district capital of Izra , southeast of the subdistrict capital Shaykh Maskin , northeast of the governorate capital of Daraa , north of Khirbet Ghazaleh , and northwest of al-Hirak . The area in which Namir lies
55-474: The kuruş became the main unit of account, replacing the akçe . In 1843, the silver kuruş was joined by the gold lira in a bimetallic system. Its weight fluctuated; one source estimates it between 1.15 and 1.18 grams. The name akçe originally referred to a silver coin but later the meaning changed and it became a synonym for money. The mint in Novo Brdo , a fortified mining town in
66-455: The Ottoman tax registers under the name of 'Tamir'. It had a Muslim population consisting of 98 households and 45 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat (7,800 akçe ), barley (820 a.), summer crops (610 a.), goats and bee-hives (1500 a.), inanition to winter pastures (407 a.) and "occasional revenues"(610 a.); a total of 11,467 akçe . 9/24 of
77-613: The Serbian Despotate rich with gold and silver mines, began to strike akçe in 1441 when it was captured by the Ottoman forces for the first time. The Suleiman Mosque in Istanbul is said to have cost 59 million akçe when it was constructed in the 1550s. This amount is said to have equalled 700,000 ducats in gold (probably Venetian ). Weight of akçe in grams of silver and index. This article about
88-1115: The income went to a waqf (endowment). Namir had a Muslim population in 1838. Namir is one of a few towns in the Daraa Governorate with a significant Christian population. During the Syrian civil war , some of the Christians of Namir joined the local branch of the Popular Committees, organized by the National Defense Forces , which played an auxiliary role in the Syrian Army 's recapture of nearby Khirbet Ghazaleh from Free Syrian Army rebels in May 2013. Ak%C3%A7e The akçe or akça (also spelled akche , akcheh ; Ottoman Turkish : آقچه ; Turkish pronunciation: [akˈt͡ʃe] , [akˈt͡ʃa] , in Europe known as asper or aspre )
99-407: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Namir . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Namir&oldid=1258447577 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
110-530: Was a silver coin which was the chief monetary unit of the Ottoman Empire and was once used by Aq Qoyunlu in the early period. The basic meaning of the word is "silver" or "silver money", deriving from the Turkish word ak ( ' white ' ) and the diminutive suffix -ça . Three akçe s were equal to one para . One-hundred and twenty akçe s equalled one kuruş . Later after 1687
121-685: Was part of the wilaya of Adhri'at (Daraa). With the advent of Ottoman rule in Syria in 1517, Namir or part of its revenues were granted as a tax-exempt timar (fief) to the amir al-arab (commander of the Bedouin), which was a hereditary office of the Al Hayar family. It was the center of the Banu Malik al-Ashraf nahiye (subdistrict) of the Hauran Sanjak . In 1596 it appeared in
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