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'''Al-Asharah''' ({{lang-ar|<big>العشارة</big>}}, also spelled '''al-Ashareh''' or '''Esharah''') is a town in eastern [[Syria]], administratively part of the [[Deir ez-Zor Governorate]], located along the [[Euphrates River]], south of [[Deir ez-Zor]]. Nearby localities include [[al-Quriyah]] to the northeast, [[Makhan]] and [[Mayadin]] to the north, [[Suwaydan Jazirah]] to the southeast and [[Dablan]] to the south. According to the [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]], al-Asharah had a population of 17,537 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative seat of a ''[[nahiyah]]'' ("subdistrict") which consists of seven localities with a total population of 96,001 in 2004. Al-Asharah is the third largest locality in the ''nahiyah''.<ref name="CBS">[http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB09-14-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Deir az-Zawr Governorate. {{ar icon}}</ref> Its inhabitants are predominantly [[Sunni Muslim]]s.<ref>Smith, 1841, p. 174.</ref>
'''Al-Asharah''' ({{lang-ar|ٱلْعَشَارَة|al-ʿAšārah}}, also spelled '''al-Ashareh''' or '''Esharah''') is a town in eastern [[Syria]], administratively part of the [[Deir ez-Zor Governorate]], located along the [[Euphrates River]], south of [[Deir ez-Zor]]. Nearby localities include [[al-Quriyah]] to the northeast, [[Makhan]] and [[Mayadin]] to the north, [[Suwaydan Jazirah]] to the southeast and [[Dablan]] to the south. According to the [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]], al-Asharah had a population of 17,537 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative seat of a ''[[nahiyah]]'' ("subdistrict") which consists of seven localities with a total population of 96,001 in 2004. Al-Asharah is the third largest locality in the ''nahiyah''.<ref name="CBS">[https://web.archive.org/web/20200110121559/http://www.cbssyr.org/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB09-14-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004]. [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)|Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Deir az-Zawr Governorate. {{in lang|ar}}</ref> Its inhabitants are predominantly [[Sunni Muslim]]s. From Arabians Tribes of [[Tayy]] [[Al-Rahabi]] and [[Al Uqaydat]].<ref>Smith, 1841, p. 174.</ref>
[[File:Al-Asharah nahiyah.svg |thumb|250px|left|''Al-Asharah'' is the administrative center of [[Nahiya al-Asharah]] of the [[Mayadin District]].]]


==History==
==History==
Al-Asharah is built on the site of the ancient [[Aramean]]-[[Neo-Assyrian|Assyria]]n settlement of [[Terqa]].<ref name="Nelles"/><ref name="Kuhne134"/> A [[stele]] dated to 886 BCE honoring the victory of Assyrian king [[Tukulti-Ninurta II]] over the Arameans was found in al-Asharah. The stele is currently located in the [[National Museum of Aleppo]].<ref name="Nelles">Nelles Guide, 1999, p. 127.</ref> Terqa was the capital of the Neo-Assyrian kingdom of Khana and continued to develop until the end of the [[Bronze Age]] when its decline began. Excavations in al-Asharah revealed evidence that Terqa contained urban institutions and its inhabitants had exploited the area's soil for economic benefit.<ref name="Kuhne134">Kuhne, p. 134.</ref>
Al-Asharah is built on the site of the ancient [[Aramean]]-[[Neo-Assyrian|Assyria]]n settlement of [[Terqa]].<ref name="Nelles"/><ref name="Kuhne134"/> A [[stele]] dated to 886 BCE honoring the victory of Assyrian king [[Tukulti-Ninurta II]] over the Arameans was found in al-Asharah. The stele is currently located in the [[National Museum of Aleppo]].<ref name="Nelles">Nelles Guide, 1999, p. 127.</ref> Terqa was the capital of the Neo-Assyrian [[kingdom of Khana]] and continued to develop until the end of the [[Bronze Age]] when its decline began. Excavations in al-Asharah revealed evidence that Terqa contained urban institutions and its inhabitants had exploited the area's soil for economic benefit.<ref name="Kuhne134">Kuhne, p. 134.</ref>


In the mid-19th-century, it was noted by the [[Royal Geographic Society|Bombay Geographic Society]] that al-Asharah was a "little town" that consisted of an unorganized grouping of [[Arab]] huts and a population whose traditions suggested the place was ancient.<ref>Bombay Geographic Society, 1844, p. 180.</ref> From around that time until the dissolution of the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1917, al-Asharah served as the center of a ''[[qadaa|kaza]]'' ("district"), bearing its name, that was part of the larger [[Sanjak of Zor]] province. The ''kaza'' had two ''[[nahiya|nawahi]]'': al-Asharah and [[al-Busayrah]].<ref>[http://tarihvemedeniyet.org/2009/10/zor-mutasarrifligi/ Zor Mutasarrıflığı]. Tarih ve Medeniyet. 2009.</ref>
In the mid-19th-century, it was noted by the Bombay Geographic Society that al-Asharah was a "little town" that consisted of an unorganized grouping of [[Arab]] huts and a population whose traditions suggested the place was ancient.<ref>Bombay Geographic Society, 1844, p. 180.</ref> From around that time until the dissolution of the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1917, al-Asharah served as the center of a ''[[qadaa|kaza]]'' ("district"), bearing its name, that was part of the larger [[Sanjak of Zor]] province. The ''kaza'' had two ''[[nahiya|nawahi]]'': al-Asharah and [[al-Busayrah]].<ref>[http://tarihvemedeniyet.org/2009/10/zor-mutasarrifligi/ Zor Mutasarrıflığı]. Tarih ve Medeniyet. 2009.</ref>


In 1920, a meeting between officials and officers of the [[Sharifian Army]] and the nascent [[Kingdom of Syria]] was held in al-Asharah and hosted by [[Faisal I of Iraq|Emir Faisal]]. There negotiations over the borders between Syria and [[Iraq]] were discussed and it was concluded the [[Abu Kamal]] would remain a part of the Deir ez-Zor province of Syria.<ref>Rush, p. 263.</ref>
In 1920, a meeting between officials and officers of the [[Sharifian Army]] and the nascent [[Kingdom of Syria]] was held in al-Asharah and hosted by [[Faisal I of Iraq|Emir Faisal]]. There negotiations over the borders between Syria and [[Iraq]] were discussed and it was concluded the [[Abu Kamal]] would remain a part of the Deir ez-Zor province of Syria.<ref>Rush, p. 263.</ref>


In the early 1960s al-Asharah was described as a small village built on an artificial mound where Terqa stood.<ref name="Boulanger">Boulanger, 1966, p. 490.</ref>
In the early 1960s al-Asharah was described as a small village built on an artificial mound where Terqa stood.<ref name="Boulanger">Boulanger, 1966, p. 490.</ref>

In Syrian civil war city was occupied by ISIL until Syrian army captured town in 27 November 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-syrian-army-liberates-another-town-along-euphrates-river/ |title=Breaking: Syrian Army liberates another town along the Euphrates River |access-date=2017-11-28 |archive-date=2019-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622153306/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/breaking-syrian-army-liberates-another-town-along-euphrates-river/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.syriahr.com/en/?p=79508 With the support of the Iraqi, Iranian and Lebanese gunmen and the Russian cover… the regime forces almost end the organization’s presence in the pocket east of al-Mayadin and a town separates them from achieving the goal]</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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*{{cite book|first1=Robert|last1=Boulanger|title=The Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=2a8LAQAAIAAJ&q=Tell+Selhab+Hama&dq=Tell+Selhab+Hama&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Yf3ZULapCIr89gTY3YCADQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA|publisher=Hachette|year=1966}}
*{{cite book|first1=Robert|last1=Boulanger|title=The Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2a8LAQAAIAAJ&q=Tell+Selhab+Hama|publisher=Hachette|year=1966}}
*{{cite book|title=Syria and Lebanon|author=Nelles Guide|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=MCTszTdofMkC&source=gbs_navlinks_s|publisher=Hunter Publishing, Inc.|year=1999|isbn=3886181057}}
*{{cite book|title=Syria and Lebanon|author=Nelles Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MCTszTdofMkC|publisher=Hunter Publishing, Inc.|year=1999|isbn=3886181057}}
*{{cite book|first=Alan de Lacy|last=Rush|title=Records of Iraq, 1914-1966|url=http://books.google.com/books?ei=bTHhUMHIDpK89gTdnIGoDw&id=c61tAAAAMAAJ&dq=Asharah+Euphrates&q=Asharah#search_anchor|publisher=Archive Editions|year=2001|volume=2|isbn=1852078200}}
*{{cite book|first=Alan de Lacy|last=Rush|title=Records of Iraq, 1914-1966|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c61tAAAAMAAJ&q=Asharah|publisher=Archive Editions|year=2001|volume=2|isbn=1852078200}}
*{{cite book|first1=Eli|last1=Smith|first2=Edward|last2=Robinson|title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Vt0uAAAAQAAJ&dq=d'Helfaya&source=gbs_navlinks_s|publisher=Crocker and Brewster|volume=3|year=1841}}
*{{cite book|first1=Eli|last1=Smith|first2=Edward|last2=Robinson|title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vt0uAAAAQAAJ&q=d'Helfaya|publisher=Crocker and Brewster|volume=3|year=1841}}
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Latest revision as of 11:16, 28 January 2024

For neighbourhoods in Khartoum, see Al-Ashra.
Al-Asharah
ٱلْعَشَارَة
Town
Al-Asharah is located in Syria
Al-Asharah
Al-Asharah
Coordinates: 34°55′13″N 40°33′34″E / 34.92028°N 40.55944°E / 34.92028; 40.55944
Country Syria
GovernorateDeir ez-Zor
DistrictMayadin
SubdistrictAl-Asharah
Population
 (2004 census)[1]
 • Total17,537
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Al-Asharah (Arabic: ٱلْعَشَارَة, romanized: al-ʿAšārah, also spelled al-Ashareh or Esharah) is a town in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, located along the Euphrates River, south of Deir ez-Zor. Nearby localities include al-Quriyah to the northeast, Makhan and Mayadin to the north, Suwaydan Jazirah to the southeast and Dablan to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Asharah had a population of 17,537 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative seat of a nahiyah ("subdistrict") which consists of seven localities with a total population of 96,001 in 2004. Al-Asharah is the third largest locality in the nahiyah.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims. From Arabians Tribes of Tayy Al-Rahabi and Al Uqaydat.[2]

Al-Asharah is the administrative center of Nahiya al-Asharah of the Mayadin District.

History[edit]

Al-Asharah is built on the site of the ancient Aramean-Assyrian settlement of Terqa.[3][4] A stele dated to 886 BCE honoring the victory of Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta II over the Arameans was found in al-Asharah. The stele is currently located in the National Museum of Aleppo.[3] Terqa was the capital of the Neo-Assyrian kingdom of Khana and continued to develop until the end of the Bronze Age when its decline began. Excavations in al-Asharah revealed evidence that Terqa contained urban institutions and its inhabitants had exploited the area's soil for economic benefit.[4]

In the mid-19th-century, it was noted by the Bombay Geographic Society that al-Asharah was a "little town" that consisted of an unorganized grouping of Arab huts and a population whose traditions suggested the place was ancient.[5] From around that time until the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire in 1917, al-Asharah served as the center of a kaza ("district"), bearing its name, that was part of the larger Sanjak of Zor province. The kaza had two nawahi: al-Asharah and al-Busayrah.[6]

In 1920, a meeting between officials and officers of the Sharifian Army and the nascent Kingdom of Syria was held in al-Asharah and hosted by Emir Faisal. There negotiations over the borders between Syria and Iraq were discussed and it was concluded the Abu Kamal would remain a part of the Deir ez-Zor province of Syria.[7]

In the early 1960s al-Asharah was described as a small village built on an artificial mound where Terqa stood.[8]

In Syrian civil war city was occupied by ISIL until Syrian army captured town in 27 November 2017.[9][10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Deir az-Zawr Governorate. (in Arabic)
  2. ^ Smith, 1841, p. 174.
  3. ^ a b Nelles Guide, 1999, p. 127.
  4. ^ a b Kuhne, p. 134.
  5. ^ Bombay Geographic Society, 1844, p. 180.
  6. ^ Zor Mutasarrıflığı. Tarih ve Medeniyet. 2009.
  7. ^ Rush, p. 263.
  8. ^ Boulanger, 1966, p. 490.
  9. ^ "Breaking: Syrian Army liberates another town along the Euphrates River". Archived from the original on 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  10. ^ With the support of the Iraqi, Iranian and Lebanese gunmen and the Russian cover… the regime forces almost end the organization’s presence in the pocket east of al-Mayadin and a town separates them from achieving the goal

Bibliography[edit]

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