Grid position 180/290 PAL District Tyre District Dialing code +9617 | Country Lebanon Time zone EET (UTC+2) Area code +9617 | |
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Governorate South Lebanon Governorate | ||
Bayyad (Arabic: بياض ) is a village in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.
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Map of Biyad, Lebanon
Origin of name
E. H. Palmer wrote that the name means "the white spot".
History
In 1881, during the late Ottoman era, the Palestine Exploration Fund'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."
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."
References
Bayyad Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA