Talk:Mazra'a

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Did you know... that when Mazra'a was one of the Viftlik estates of the Galilee governor Daher al-Omar, it was exempt from paying taxes to the Ottoman Empire?

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Two (maybe three) Mazra'as

Be careful. There was one in the Nazareth area, near al-Fula and al-Afula, as described by Guerin here.

There is another one discussed here. He mentions that it is a village of 600, whose women, along with those of A'roura, are obliged to get their water from the spring of 'Ain A'roura, located about a 10-minute trek away from the village of Mezra'a.

And another one discussed here, which I think is the one we want, since nearby places include Ras al-Ein. Unfortunately, Guerin describes it as a village of "litle importance" with houses that are "small" and "with a miserable aspect" (?!?). He says it is situated on a rocky hill. Tiamut^talk 15:11, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Huldra. This link to Mezra'a Mechraf ... I'm not sure if it is in fact this Mezra'a. I don't want to start translating it only to find it it doesn't belong here. How can we sort all these different Mezra'as out? Tiamut^talk 17:46, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Petersen, p216, for "al-Mazer", gives location as 32.41N/34.58E --> Al-Mazar, Haifa.

And then he has on p.216-220, "Mazr'a", (32.59N/35.06E) (=this one). He then gave the Guerin, Galilee, II, p.405 ref, and the rest (of course: he might be wrong...I´m just adding the refs at the moment..) Huldra (talk) 18:12, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I think Petersen has confused things a little. The Mezra'a discussed by Guerin on page 405 seems to be not so far from Deir Antar,which is a village of the modern day Bint Jbeil District in Lebanon. Also, on the page Municipalities of Lebanon, under the Tyre District, there is listed a Mazraat Mechref, which seems to fit with Guerin's Mezra'a Mechref much better than our Mazra'a.

I still haven't figured out which one of the above Mazraa's discussed by Guerin is ours, but I don't thhink its the one on page 405. Cheers, my dear, and wonderful work so far. Sorry my own contribs have been negligible to date. Tiamut^talk 10:17, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I think I've found our Mazra'a in Guerin on page 163 of ptie. Galilée (t. 1-2); Volume 3, Part 2 of Description géographique, historique et archéologique de la Palestine. Its listed as close to al-Zeeb, which means its in the right area. I'll add what it says now. Tiamut^talk 10:55, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly the same

Mezra'a discussed here, but where is the Kerak they are referring to? Anyway, guess who makes an appearance here (reminding us that there is still work to do on him): our friend Akil/Aqil. Tiamut^talk 11:17, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, looking at another copy of the same document here, it looks like that there might have been a Mazraa in the Jordan valley area. There is a Kerak there after all. My bad. But useful for User:Tiamut/Aga, no? :) Tiamut^talk 11:20, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Removed from article:

I have removed the following from the article: "[The population is primarily Muslim,] mainly of Turkish origins from modern Bursa, Turkey"

Now, this was inserted by an IP back in October 2008 [1]..and I just cannot find anything whatsoever to indicate that this is true. No sources that I have read about the place indicate that the population came from anywhere else, so I have removed it. Cheers, Huldra (talk) 22:43, 3 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]