See also:

• HASBEYA, or HASBEIYA

HASBEYA, or HASBEIYA  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of the See also:

• DRUSES
• DRUSES, or DRUZES (Arab. Druz)

Druses, about 36 m . W. of See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus, situated at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of Mt . See also:

• HERMON

Hermon in See also:

• SYRIA

Syria, overlooking a deep See also:

• AMPHITHEATRE (Gr. 441, around, and O&arpov, a place for spectators)

amphitheatre from which a See also:

• BROOK

brook flows to the Hasbani . The See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population is about 5000 (4000 Christians) . Both sides of the valley are planted in terraces with See also:

• OLIVES, MOUNT OF, or MOUNT OLIVET ("Opus 'EXc uwos or riov 'EXauav; mod. Jebel-et-Tur)

olives, vines and other See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit trees . The grapes are either dried or made into a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• SYRUP (0. Fr. ysserop, mod. sirop, Span. xarope, for axarope, Arab. al, the, and sharab, drink; cf. Sherbet " and " Shrub ")

syrup . In 1846 an See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant See also:

• MISSION

mission was established in the town . This little community suffered much persecution at first from the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, and afterwards from the Druses, by whom in 186o nearly loco Christians were massacred, while others escaped to See also:

• TYRE (Phoen. and Hebr. =" rock," Assyr. S'urru, Egypt. Dara, Early Lat. Sarra)

Tyre or See also:

• SIDON (Phoen. ins, Hebrew 1-rs, Assyr. Sidunnu, Egypt. Diduna)

Sidon . The See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle in See also:

• HASBEYA, or HASBEIYA

Hasbeya was held by the crusaders under See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count See also:

• ORAN (Arabic Wahran, i.e. ravine)

Oran; but in 1171 the Druse emirs of the See also:

• GREAT

great Shehab See also:

• FAMILY

family (see DRUSES) recaptured it . In 1205 this family was confirmed in the lordship of the town and See also:

• DISTRICT

district, which they held till the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish authorities took See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the castle in the ,9th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Near Hasbeya are See also:

• BITUMEN

bitumen pits let by the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government; and to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, at the source of the Hasbani, the ground is volcanic . Some travellers have attempted to identify Hasbeya with the biblical See also:

• BAAL

Baal-See also:

• GAD

Gad or Baal-Hermon .