Haret Jandal Harat Jandal | |
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  Haret Jandal Location in Lebanon | |
| Coordinates: 33°37′29″N35°36′29″E / 33.62472°N 35.60806°E | |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Governorate | Mount Lebanon |
| District | Chouf |
Haret Jandal is a municipality in the Chouf District of Lebanon. It is 850 meters above sea level. [1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze. [2]
The Druze, who call themselves al-Muwaḥḥidūn, are an Arab esoteric religious group from West Asia who adhere to the Druze faith, an Abrahamic, monotheistic, and syncretic religion whose main tenets assert the unity of God, reincarnation, and the eternity of the soul.
Spiru C. Haret was a Romanian mathematician, astronomer, and politician. He made a fundamental contribution to the n-body problem in celestial mechanics by proving that using a third degree approximation for the disturbing forces implies instability of the major axes of the orbits, and by introducing the concept of secular perturbations in relation to this.
Chouf is a historic region of Lebanon, as well as an administrative district in the governorate (muhafazat) of Mount Lebanon.
Mount Lebanon Governorate is one of the nine governorates of Lebanon. Its capital is Baabda. Other notable towns and cities include Aley, Bikfaya, and Beit Mery.
Baabda District, sometimes spelled B'abda, is a district (qadaa) of Mount Lebanon Governorate, Lebanon, to the south and east of the Lebanon's capital Beirut. The region is also popularly known as "Southern Matn District", as distinct from Northern Matn District,. The capital of Baabda District is the city of Baabda.
Haret Hreik is a mixed Shia and Maronite Christian municipality, in the Dahieh suburbs, south of Beirut, Lebanon. It is part of the Baabda District. Once an agricultural village, Haret Hreik lost its rural identity due to the wave of refugees from Southern Lebanon who settled in the town and made it another urban neighborhood of Dahieh.
Dumat al-Jandal, also known as Al-Jawf or Al-Jouf, which refers to Wadi Sirhan, is an ancient city of ruins and the historical capital of the Al Jawf Province, today in northwestern Saudi Arabia. It is located 37 km from Sakakah.
The Farighunids were an Iranian dynasty that ruled Guzgan in the late 9th, 10th and early 11th centuries. They were ultimately deposed by the ruler of the Ghaznavid Empire, Sultan Mahmud.
The Church of the Virgin Mary in Haret Zuweila is the oldest church in the district of Haret Zuweila, near the Fatimid section of Cairo. It was probably built around the AD 10th century, though it is first mentioned in writing in the early 12th century on the occasion of the consecration of the new bishop of Cairo under Macarius' Papacy. The Church of the Virgin Mary in Haret Zuweila was the seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria from c. 1400 AD to 1520 AD.
The Spiru Haret University is a private university in Bucharest, Romania, founded in 1991 by the president of Tomorrow's Romania Foundation, Aurelian Gh. Bondrea, as part of the teaching activities of this foundation. The university claims this has been done according to the model used by Harvard University. The university bears the name of a scientist and reformer of the Romanian education, Spiru Haret, who lived before World War I.
Na'ameh, or Haret en Naameh, is a Lebanese coastal town located in the Chouf District, an administrative division of the Mount Lebanon Governorate.
The Expedition of Dumat al-Jandal is an early Muslim expedition which took place in August or September of 626 AD.
Haret ech Cheikh, is a municipality in the Matn District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate near Bouchriyeh.
Wadi al-Taym, also transliterated as Wadi el-Taym, is a wadi that forms a large fertile valley in Lebanon, in the districts of Rachaya and Hasbaya on the western slopes of Mount Hermon. It adjoins the Beqaa Valley running north to south towards the Jordan Valley where it meets the northwest corner of Lake Huleh. Watered by the Hasbani river, the low hills of Wadi al-Taym are covered with rows of silver-green olive trees with the population in the area being predominantly Druze and Sunni, with a high number of Christians, mostly Greek Orthodox. Wadi al-Taym is generally considered the "birthplace of the Druze faith".
Qalaat al-Jandal is a Syrian village in the Qatana District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Qalaat al-Jandal had a population of 3,251 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze.
Abu Jandal al-Kuwaiti was a leading official of the Islamic State, serving as important military commander, recruiter and propagandist. Known for his command capabilities and popular among his subordinates, Abu Jandal was called "The Lion" among IS fighters and fought in several battles in Syria and Iraq. By late 2016, Abu Jandal had become IS' second highest-ranking commander in Syria and led the defense of its de facto capital Raqqa against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). He was killed by a US airstrike on 26 December 2016.
Al-Jandal Sport Club is a professional Saudi Arabian football club based in Dumat al-Jandal, Saudi Arabia. They currently play in the First Division League, the second tier of Saudi football. The club was founded in 1976.
Abu Jandal al-Masri is an Egyptian who served as a senior official in Daesh. It was reported on January 23, 2017, that he was appointed to replace Abu Ahmed al-Souri as the group's Chief of Information.
Al-Muqaabarat is a village in northern Syria located west of Homs in the Homs Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Al-Muqaabarat had a population of 607 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians. The village has two Greek Orthodox Churches. Al-Muqaabarat includes Haret Mar Doumat, Haret Mahfoud and Haret Jerjes.
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