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Zefta, Lebanon

Zefta (زفتا) is a municipality in Nabatieh District, southern Lebanon.

History

In the 1596 tax records, it was named as a village, Zafta, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Sagif under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 17 households and 4 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 1,740 akçe.

In 1875, Victor Guérin found here a village with 200 Metuali inhabitants.

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 99.62% of registered voters in Zefta. 97.26% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.

References

  1. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 186
  2. ^ Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
  3. ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 517
  4. ^ https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/النبطية/النبطية/زفتا/المذاهب/

Bibliography

  • Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
  • Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
  • Rhode, H. (1979). Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century (PhD). Columbia University.