Al-Bayyad

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

Al-Bayyad (Arabic: البياض) is a municipality in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.

Etymology

E. H. Palmer wrote that the name means "the white spot".[1]

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."[2]

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."[3]

Demographics

In 2014 Muslims made up 99.58% of registered voters in Al-Bayyad. 99.17% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.[4]

References

1. Palmer, 1881, p. 32
2. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 91
3. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 114
4. https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الجنوب/صور/البياض/المذاهب/

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