Bayyad

Bayyad بياض Biyad
Village
Bayyad Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°12′15″N 35°19′42″E
Grid position	180/290 PAL
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	South Lebanon Governorate
District	Tyre District
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+9617

Bayyad (Arabic: بياض) is a village in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.

Origin of name

E. H. Palmer wrote that the name means "the white spot".

History

In 1881, during the late Ottoman era, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, with many ruined houses [..], containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on hill-top, surrounded by fig-trees, olives, and arable land ; water supplied from cisterns."

They further noted: "There are many ruined houses at this village, and a lintel with three crosses upon it, the centre being the largest. Foundations of rough-hewn stones of some building."

Bibliography

• Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• 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

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