'Ayn Fit

'Ayn Fit عين فيت
Village
Ruins at 'Ayn Fit
'Ayn Fit 'Ayn Fit in Syria
Coordinates: 33°13′26″N35°42′15″E / 33.22389°N 35.70417°E / 33.22389; 35.70417
Grid position	216/292 PAL
Country	Syria
Governorate	Quneitra
District	Quneitra
Region	Golan Heights
Founded	17th century
Destroyed	1967
Population  (1960s)
• Total	1,500 (estimate)

'Ayn Fit (Arabic : عين فيت), was a Syrian Alawite village situated in the northwestern Golan Heights. ^{[1] [2]}

History

'Ayn Fit was established during the early 17th century. ^[3] The German explorer Ulrich Jasper Seetzen visited 'Ayn Fit in 1806 during his travels in the region. ^[4]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted 'Ayn Fit‘s population as Alawites. ^[5]

Before the Six-Day war in 1967, it was one of three mainly Alawite villages in the Golan Heights, together with Za'ura and Ghajar. ^[6] The population before the war was around 1500 people. ^[3] The inhabitants were forcibly expelled during the Six-Day war, when Israel occupied the Golan Heights, and the village was destroyed by Israel. ^[7]

See also

• Syrian towns and villages depopulated in the Arab-Israeli conflict

References

1. Abu Fakhr, Sakr (2000). "Voices from the Golan". Journal of Palestine Studies. 29 (4): 5–36. doi:10.2307/2676559. JSTOR   2676559.
2. Southern Lebanon Border Area 1986 – Map from the University of Texas at Austin general libraries map collection, showing 'Ayn Fit
3. Eli Ashkenazi (10 May 2023). "Demonstrators protest IDF's plan to destroy heritage site in Golan Heights". The Jerusalem post. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
4. Winter, Stefan (2016). A History of the 'Alawis: From Medieval Aleppo to the Turkish Republic. Princeton University Press. p. 31. ISBN   978-0-691-17389-4 . Retrieved 2024-08-14.
5. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 136
6. Abu Fakhr, Sakr (2000). "Voices from the Golan". Journal of Palestine Studies. 29 (4): 5–36. doi:10.2307/2676559. JSTOR   2676559.
7. Mason, M.; Eldin, M.F.; Dajani, M. (2022). The Untold Story of the Golan Heights: Occupation, Colonization and Jawlani Resistance. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 110. ISBN   978-0-7556-4453-7 . Retrieved 2023-05-20.