Author: Ala'-ad-Din, Magid
Title: Suwayda' Suriyah : mawsu'at shamilah 'an Jabal al-'Arab / usrat al-tahrir Isma'il al-Mulhim, Wahbi Sari al-Din, Hayil al-Qantar
Description: Dimashq, Dar 'Ala' al-Din, 1995. orig. boards. 24x17cm, 462 pp.. Textual photo illustrations.. Minor wear. Corner bumped. VG. ¶ Text entirely in Arabic. A history of As-Suwayda province [Syria]. Full title reads: "Suwayda' Suriyah : mawsu'at shamilah 'an Jabal al-'Arab / usrat al-tahrir Isma'il al-Mulhim, Wahbi Sari al-Din, Hayil al-Qantar, Riyad Nu'aym ; ishraf Majid 'Ala' al-Din". ["As-Suwayda... southernmost of Syria's 14 governorates. It has an area of 5,550 km² and forms part of the historic Hawran region. Its capital and major city is al-Suwayda. A large majority of the population are Druze. Geographically the governorate comprises almost all of Jabal al-Druze, the eastern part of Lejah, and a part of the arid eastern steppe of Harrat al-Shamah..." - wikipedia].

Keywords: Syria, Local History, Suwayda Governate, Druze, Geography, Historiography, Ethnology, ,