As-Summaqah
As-Summaqah
اﻟﺴﻤﺎﻗﺔ | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  As-Summaqah | |
| Coordinates: 33°09′34.7″N 35°43′29.8″E / 33.159639°N 35.724944°E | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Quneitra |
| District | Quneitra |
| Region | Golan Heights |
| Destroyed | 1967 |
| Population | |
• Total | 150 |
As-Summaqah, Sumaqa or Samaqa (Arabic: اﻟﺴﻤﺎﻗﺔ or ﺳﻤﺎﻗﺔ),[1] is a former Syrian village located in the Golan Heights.[2]
History
[edit]The settlement has been inhabited intermittent throughout history.[3] It has remains from the Early Bronze Age II or III, Iron Age I, Roman, Mamluk and Ottoman periods.[4] The Mamluks produced grape honey in the village.[5]
In the 15th–16th century, the al-Fadl tribe left northeastern Syria after an internal conflict.[6] When they arrived in the Golan Heights they settled in several villages in the area including Summaqah.[7] They worked with agriculture and livestock.[8]
Transhumance shaped settlement in the Golan for centuries because of its harsh winters. The winters "forced tribespeople until the 19th century to live in hundreds of rudimentary 'winter villages' in their tribal territory. Starting in the second part of the 19th century, villages became "fixed and formed the nucleus of fully sedentary life in the 20th century Golan."[9] This continued till after the French Mandate.[10]
After Israel occupied the area in the Six-Day War, they began destroying Syrian villages in the Golan Heights.[11][12] Summaqah was destroyed in 1967.[13] The population before the war was 150.[13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Murphy, Ray; Gannon, Declan (2008). "Changing the Landscape: Israel's Gross Violations of International Law in the Occupied Syrian Golan" (PDF). al-Marsad. p. 67.
- ^ "Golan Heights and vicinity : October 1994". The Library of Congress. 1994-01-01. Retrieved 2024-08-31. (As Summaqah shown as an abandoned/dismantled Syrian village)
- ^ Tsioni 2010, pp. 222
- ^ Tsioni 2010, pp. 222
- ^ Tsioni 2010, pp. 222–241
- ^ ‘Abbasi & Seltenreich 2007, pp. 25
- ^ ‘Abbasi & Seltenreich 2007, pp. 26
- ^ ‘Abbasi & Seltenreich 2007, pp. 26
- ^ Roy Marom, “Sukayk and al-Summāqah: Mamluk Rural Geography in the Northern Jawlān/Golan Heights in the Light of Qāytbāy’s Endowment Deeds,” in Kate Raphael and Mustafa Abbasi (ed.s), The Golan in the Mamluk and Ottoman Periods: an Archaeological and Historical Study: Excavations at Naʿarān and Farj, In Honour of Moshe Hartal, Yigal Ben Ephraim and Shuqri ‘Arraf, Annual of the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology Hebrew Union College—Jewish Institute of Religion Volume xiv (2024): 69-70.
- ^ ‘Abbasi & Seltenreich 2007, pp. 26
- ^ Shai (2006). "The Fate of Abandoned Arab Villages in Israel, 1965-1969". History and Memory. 18 (2): 100-101. doi:10.2979/his.2006.18.2.86.
- ^ Sulimani & Kletter 2022, pp. 55–56
- ^ a b "al-Marsad" (PDF). p. 14. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
Bibliography
[edit]- Sulimani, Gideon; Kletter, Raz (2022). "Settler-Colonialism and the Diary of an Israeli Settler in the Golan Heights: The Notebooks of Izhaki Gal". Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies. 21 (1). Edinburgh University Press: 48–71. doi:10.3366/hlps.2022.0283. ISSN 2054-1988.
- Tsioni, Gil (2010). "A Mameluke Grape-Honey Treading Installation in the Golan Heights, Israel". Israel Exploration Journal. 60 (2). Israel Exploration Society: 222–244. ISSN 0021-2059. JSTOR 27927265. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
- ‘Abbasi, Mustafa; Seltenreich, Yair (2007). "A Leader on Both Sides of the Border: The Amir Fa'our al-Fa'our Between Syria and Mandatory Palestine". Holy Land Studies. 6 (1): 23–49. doi:10.3366/hls.2007.0013. ISSN 1474-9475.
