Hauran, also Hawran or Houran, (Arabic: حوران‎, transliteration: Ḥaurān) is the southwestern region of modern-day Syria. It is mentioned in the Bible (Ezekiel 47:16-18) describing the boundary of the Israelite Kingdom, and gets its name from the Hebrew חורן Hawran, meaning "hollow land". The Romans referred to it as Auranitis. The volcanic region is one of the most fertile in Syria, particularly famous for its vineyards. Unlike other fertile areas of Syria, such as the Orontes Valley and the Euphrates regions, which rely on major rivers for their productivity and employ irrigated farming methods, the Hauran has very few similarly developable rivers. Instead, the region relies on the snows and rains of winter and spring. Many of the sites contain cisterns and water storage facilities to take advantage of this seasonal rainfall. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (605x1108, 702 KB) Credit Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Group, NASA GSFC File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (605x1108, 702 KB) Credit Image courtesy Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Group, NASA GSFC File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Arabic redirects here. ... Due to the fact that the Arabic language has a number of phonemes that have no equivalent in English or other European languages, a number of different transliteration methods have been invented to represent certain Arabic characters, due to various conflicting goals. ... For other uses, see Bible (disambiguation). ... Ezekiel, , IPA: , God will strengthen, from , chazaq, [ xazaq ], literally to fasten upon, figuratively strong, and , el, [ el ], literally strength, figuratively Almighty. He is a prophet and priest in the Bible who prophesied for 22 years sometime in the 500s BCE while in the form of visions exiled in... “The Twelve Tribes” redirects here. ... Hebrew redirects here. ... The Orontes or ‘Asi is a river of Lebanon and Syria. ... For the song River Euphrates by the Pixies, see Surfer Rosa. ... // Getting water out of a cistern A cistern (Middle English cisterne, from Latin cisterna, from cista, box, from Greek kistê, basket) is a receptacle for holding liquids, usually water. ...

The Hauran is not an official region; it consists of the Syrian governorates of Quneitra, As Suwayda, and Daraa. However, the name is used colloquially by the inhabitants of the region (Hauranis) and other Syrians to refer to it. Its boundaries more or less start with Mt. Hermon in the north (although that land is currently disputed, see Golan Heights). It ends at the Yarmouk River and the Jordanian border in the south. The Hauran marked the traditional border of Roman Syria, as evidenced by the well-preserved Roman ruins in the cities of Bosra and Shahba. Location of the Quneitra Governorate Quneitra Governorate (Arabic: مُحافظة القنيطرة) is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. ... Location of the governorate of As Suwayda As Suwayda (also Sweida)(Arabic: السويداء) Is one of Syrias 14 governorates. ... Location of the governorate of Dara Daraa Governorate (Arabic: مُحافظة درعة)is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria. ... Mount Hermon (top of photo) supplies the bulk of the Jordan River water Mount Hermon (Arabic: Jabalu sh-Shaykh) is a mountain in the Anti-Lebanon range, on the border between Lebanon, Syria, and Israel. ... The Golan Heights (‎ Ramat HaGolan, Arabic: Habat al-ūlān) or Golan is a mountainous area in northeastern Israel[1] on the border of Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. ... The Yarmouk River (Arabic:Nahr Al-Yarmuk; Hebrew:נהר הירמוך, Nehar HaYarmukh; Greek:Hieromax) is one of the three main tributaries which enter the Jordan River between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea (the other being the Jabbok). ... For the town in Jordan, see Bozrah. ... Shahba, also known as Philippopolis, is a city located 87 km south of Damascus in the Hauran in an oasis. ...

History

• In 636 CE (AD) the Battle of Yarmouk (named after River Yarmouk) took place between Byzantium and the advancing Muslim armies.
• In 1516 CE (AD) the Ottoman armies swept through Bilad al-Sham. On August 24, 1516 CE (AD) the Mamluke armies were defeated in Marj Dabeg, near Halab (Aleppo) and the Ottoman Sultan, Saleem the First entered Aleppo city on August 28, 1516 CE. Damascus fell on September 27, 1516 and then Houran followed. It remained under Ottoman control until their defeat in World War I (1914-1918).

Hauranis in modern and traditional dress

Swiss traveller Johann Ludwig Burckhardt noted his observation of people from the region: This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... Motto دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1683, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299–1326) Bursa (1326–1365) Edirne (1365–1453) Ä°stanbul (1453–1922) Government Monarchy Sultans  - 1281–1326 (first) Osman I  - 1918–22 (last) Mehmed VI Grand Viziers  - 1320... The traditional Arabic term Sham (Arabic: بلاد الشام , also transliterated bilad-ush-sham etc. ... Aleppo is also the name of two townships in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... Location of the governorate of Aleppo within Syria Aleppo (Arabic: [ḥalab], ) is a city in northern Syria, capital of the Aleppo Governorate. ... The Osmanli Dynasty, also the House of Osman, ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1281 to 1923, beginning with Osman I (not counting his father, Ertuğrul), though the dynasty was not proclaimed until 1383 when Murad I declared himself sultan. ... For other uses, see Damascus (disambiguation). ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Johann Ludwig Burckhardt Johann Ludwig (a. ...

"My companions intending to leave Damascus very early the next morning, I quitted my lodgings in the evening, and went with them to sleep in a small Khan in the suburb of Damascus, at which the Haouaerne, or people of Haouran, generally alight." (in Travels in Syria and the Holy Land: Journal of an Excursion into the Haouran in the Autumn and Winter of 1810)

Phonetics of Haurani dialect

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Architecture

Dar (House of) Saleem Muhammad -el Hamad- el Gharaibeh Image File history File links Saleim_Mohammad_Hamad. ...

Dar Abu Habis (Dhaifallah el Mahmoud el Gharaibeh) Image File history File links Abu_Habis. ...

Dar Abu Ghaleb Image File history File links Abu_Ghaleb. ...

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Cuisine

Typical dishes from North Jordan

Dishes from the Villages of Huwwarah and Shajara

Main cities

• Busra
• Der'a
• Irbid
• Quneitra
• Ramtha
• Suwaida

Bosra (alternative Bostra, Busrana, Bozrah, Bozra, Busra Eski Sham, Busra ash-Sham, Nova Trojana Bostra) is an ancient city in southern modern-day Syria. ... Daraa (fortress, compare Dura-Europos) (Arabic: درعا) is a city in southwestern Syria, near the border with Jordan. ... Irbid (Arabic: إربد), known in ancient times as Arabella, is a city in Jordan located about 70 km north of Amman on the northern ridge of the Gilead. ... The town of Al-Qunaytirah in September 2001 Quneitra or Al Qunaytirah (Arabic القنيطرة) is a city of southwestern Syria that is now largely abandoned. ... For a town in Jordan, see Ramtha, Jordan. ... Location of the governorate of As Suwayda As Suwayda (also Sweida; Arabic: ‎) is a mainly Druze town located in southwestern Syria, close to the border with Jordan. ...

Villages

• Aidoon
• Akaider
• Al-Sanamein
• Baseer
• Bushra
• Buwaidha
• Hawsha
• Huwwarah
• Izraa'
• Khabab
• Nu'aymeh
• Sal
• Sareeh
• Shajara
• Tubneh
• Qrayya

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Aerial picture Huwwarah, also spelled Huwwara and Huwarrah, (Arabic: حوّاره) is a village in north Jordan . ... Binomial name Roth Sal (Shorea robusta) is a species of tree native to southern Asia, ranging south of the Himalaya, from Myanmar in the east to India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. ...

Important personalities

• Fahd Ballan

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References

• Arthur Segal, "Religious architecture in the Roman Near East: Temples of the basalt lands (Trachon and Hauran)," in The Variety of Local Religious Life in the Near East in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods. Ed. by T. Kaizer (Leiden, Brill, 2008) (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, 164), pp.

External links

• Brief history of Southern Syria
• Amrah - Catholic Encyclopedia article