Alman, Marjeyoun

Alman علمان
Village
Alman Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°18′09″N 35°28′16″E / 33.30250°N 35.47111°ECoordinates: 33°18′09″N 35°28′16″E / 33.30250°N 35.47111°E
Grid position	124/152 L
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Marjeyoun District
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Dialing code	+961

Alman (Arabic: علمان‎‎) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in South Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name Alman is perhaps from the Arabic form of “a sign-post” or “a mountain”.^[1]

History

In 1875 Victor Guérin visited, and noted that some houses were built with large stones which appeared ancient.^[2]

In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A few houses built of stone on the ruins of a village; they contain about forty Metawileh. The place is situated on the edge of the cliffs above the Litany River, and is surrounded by a few gardens with figs and olives; there are five rock-cut cisterns and a birket."^[3] They further noted: "The present village is built on the ruins of a former town, of which the foundations can be seen. The houses are built with great blocks of ancient appearance. On the north side there is a rock-cut tomb, with roughly-sculptured figures over the entrance: this is called Mugharet ish Shahl."^[4]

References

1. Palmer, 1881, p. 17
2. Guérin, 1880, pp. 276-7
3. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 86
4. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, pp. 108-109

Bibliography

• Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Guérin, Victor (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
• Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

External links

• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons