Jawbat Burghal

Jawbat Burghal
Jawbat Burghal; جوبة برغال
	Toun
	Jawbat Burghal
	Coordinates: 35°29′19″N 36°10′36″E / 35.48861°N 36.17667°E
Kintra	Sirie
Govrenorate	Latakia Govrenorate
Destrict	Qardaha Destrict
Nahiyah	Jawbat Burghal
Population (2004 census)
• Total	959
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Jawbat Burghal (Arabic: جوبة برغال‎) is a toun in northwastren Sirie, admeenistratively pairt o the Latakia Govrenorate, locatit east o Latakia in an-Nusayriyah muntains. Nearbi localities include Qardaha, al-Fakhurah, Istamo an Shatha. Accordin tae the Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics, Jawbat Burghal haed a population o 959 in the 2004 census.^[1]

The veelage wis the birthplace an base o the controversial Sirie releegious leader, Sulayman al-Murshid. Al-Murshid wis encouragit bi the French mandate authorities tae establish a new sect, an made Jawbat Burghal his base where he became a proponent o Alawite unthirldom. He acquired livestock frae his follaeers an biggit a wastren villa in the toun. Efter Sirie's unthirldom, housomeivver, the central Sirie govrenment in Damascus crackit doun on separatist muivements includin Murshid's. He surrendered tae the authorities efter a short confrontation wi Sirie Airmy units at his heidquairters. Sulayman al-Murshid wis executit in a public square in Damascus for traison in November 1946.^[2]

References

↑ ^a ^b General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-13 at Archive.today. Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS). Latakia Govrenorate. (in Arabic)
↑ Seale, Patrick (1990). Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East. University of California Press. p. 21. ISBN 9780520069763.

[CBS-1] General Census of Population and Housing 2004 Archived 2013-01-13 at Archive.today. Sirie Central Bureau o Statistics (CBS). Latakia Govrenorate. (in Arabic)

[2] Seale, Patrick (1990). Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East. University of California Press. p. 21. ISBN 9780520069763.

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