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HASBEYA, or HASBEIYA

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 49 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HASBEYA, or HASBEIYA , a See also:town of the See also:Druses, about 36 m. W. of See also:Damascus, situated at the See also:foot of Mt. See also:Hermon in See also:Syria, overlooking a deep See also:amphitheatre from which a See also:brook flows to the Hasbani. The See also:population is about 5000 (4000 Christians). Both sides of the valley are planted in terraces with See also:olives, vines and other See also:fruit trees. The grapes are either dried or made into a See also:kind of See also:syrup. In 1846 an See also:American See also:Protestant See also:mission was established in the town. This little community suffered much persecution at first from the See also:Greek See also:Church, and afterwards from the Druses, by whom in 186o nearly loco Christians were massacred, while others escaped to See also:Tyre or See also:Sidon. The See also:castle in Hasbeya was held by the crusaders under See also:Count See also:Oran; but in 1171 the Druse emirs of the See also:great Shehab See also:family (see DRUSES) recaptured it. In 1205 this family was confirmed in the lordship of the town and See also:district, which they held till the See also:Turkish authorities took See also:possession of the castle in the ,9th See also:century. Near Hasbeya are See also:bitumen pits let by the See also:government; and to the See also:north, at the source of the Hasbani, the ground is volcanic. Some travellers have attempted to identify Hasbeya with the biblical See also:Baal-See also:Gad or Baal-Hermon.

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