Blat, Marjayoun

Blat (Arabic: بلاط) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon, located just north of Marjeyoun.

For other places with similar names, see Blat (disambiguation).
Blat
بلاط
Village
Ravine, in the Litani River by Blat, ca 1851, by van de Velde
Ravine, in the Litani River by Blat, ca 1851, by van de Velde
Map showing the location of Blat within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Blat within Lebanon
Blat
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°23′10″N 35°36′02″E
Grid position136/161 L
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictMarjeyoun District
Elevation
680 m (2,230 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

History

In 1596, it was named as a village, Balat, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 56 households and 2 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards, goats, beehives; in addition to occasional revenues, a press for olive oil or grape syrup and a water mill; a total of 6,000 akçe.[1][2]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Blat's population as being Metawileh.[3]

On 27 December 1993, during the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon, a Norwegian soldier was killed when an Israeli tank, stationed in neighbouring Aishiyeh, fired on his UNIFIL patrol outside Blat. The Indian Army contingent with UNIFIL had a small base camp in the village.[4]

References
  1. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 183
  2. Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 Archived 2019-04-20 at the Wayback Machine writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
  3. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 137
  4. Tveit, Odd Karsten (2010) Goodbye Lebanon. Israel's First Defeat. Rimal Publication. Translated by Peter Scott-Hansen. ISBN 978-9963-715-03-9 pp.278,373

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