Qurfays

Village in Latakia, Syria

Qurfays

قرفيص

Qorfeis

Village

Qurfays

Coordinates: 35°15′59″N 35°59′19″E﻿ / ﻿35.26639°N 35.98861°E﻿ / 35.26639; 35.98861
Country|  Syria
Governorate| Latakia
District| Jableh
Subdistrict| al-Qutailibiyah
Population

(2004)[1]

• Total

| 799
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)

Qurfays (Arabic: قرفيص, also spelled Qurfeis or Korfeis) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Jableh District in the Latakia Governorate, located south of Latakia. Nearby localities include Arab al-Mulk to the west, Jableh to the northwest, al-Aqibah and al-Qutailibiyah to the northeast, Sarabion and Dweir Baabda to the southeast. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Qurfays had a population of 5,566 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly Alawites and is one of the centers of the large Douba family. Ali Douba, the former longtime Chief of Military Intelligence.[2]

The municipality of Qurfays was established in 1979 to administer the local affairs of the village as well as nearby al-Barazin, al-Zahra, Bishnana and Mahwarta. There are about 7,000 people living in the municipality whose mayor in 2008 was Abdullah Ehsan.[3]

## History

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Qurfays served as minor fortress village under the authority of the Knights Hospitallers fortress of Margat in the 13th-century and was referred to as Corveis.[4] In 1271 the Mamluk sultan Baibars defeated the Crusaders in the coastal mountain range of Syria and forced the Hospitallers to evacuate Qurfays, among other fortresses.[5] However, before they withdrew, they destroyed Qurfays and nearby Balda.[5][6] In the 1281 treaty between Mamluk sultan Qalawun and the Crusader king Bohemond IV of Antioch, Qurfays was among the many fortresses officially handed to the Mamluks.[7]

## References

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1. ^ a b General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Latakia Governorate. (in Arabic)
2. ^ Batatu, 1992, p. 240.
3. ^ Khatib, Sharaf.Municipality Qrfais and Wide Range of Services and Suffering from Lack of Central Lines for Sanitation. Unity Foundation for Press, Printing and Publishing. 2008-09-14.
4. ^ Riley-Smith, 2012, p. 91.
5. ^ a b Riley-Smith, 2012, p. 211.
6. ^ Bronstein, 2005, p. 44.
7. ^ Holt, 1995, p. 63.

## Bibliography

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* Batatu, Hanna (1999). Syria's Peasantry, the Descendants of Its Lesser Rural Notables, and Their Politics. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691002541.
* Bronstein, Judith (2005). The Hospitallers And The Holy Land: Financing The Latin East, 1187-1274. Boydell Press. ISBN 1843831317.
* Holt, Peter Malcolm (1995). Early Mamluk Diplomacy, 1260-1290: Treaties of Baybars and Qalāwūn with Christian Rulers. BRILL. pp. 149–150\. ISBN 9004102469.
* Riley-Smith, Jonathan (2012). The Knights Hospitaller in the Levant, C.1070-1309. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0230290839.

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Latakia Governorate

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* Latakia
* Baksa
* Burj al-Qasab
* Kirsana
* Mushayrafet al-Samouk
* al-Qanjarah
* Sinjwan
* Sitmarkho
* Sqoubin

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Ayn al-Bayda
Subdistrict|

* Ayn al-Bayda
* Burj Islam
* Mashqita
* al-Safsaf
* Salib al-Turkman
* al-Shabatliyah

Bahluliyah
Subdistrict|

* al-Bahluliyah
* al-Jandiriyah

Hanadi
Subdistrict|

* Hanadi
* al-Bassah
* Fideo
* al-Sanawbar
* al-Shir

Kessab
Subdistrict|

* Kessab

Qastal Ma'af
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* Qastal Ma'af
* al-Badrusiyah
* Balloran
* Umm al-Tuyour
* Zaghrin

Rabia
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* Rabia

Jableh District

| Jableh
Subdistrict|

* Jableh
* Arab al-Mulk
* Bisaysin
* al-Burjal
* Bustan al-Basha
* Dirghamo
* Hmeimim
* al-Qabu
* Ras al-Ayn
* al-Sharashir
* Siyannu

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Ayn al-Sharqiyah
Subdistrict|

* Ayn al-Sharqiyah
* Bani Qahtan Castle
* Qurn Hulya
* Mutawwar
* Zama

Ayn Shiqaq
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* Ayn Shiqaq
* Benjaro
* Btigramo
* al-Budi
* al-Qassabin
* Sarabion

Beit Yashout
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* Beit Yashout
* Bsheili
* Halbakko
* Hallet Ara

Daliyah
Subdistrict|

* Daliyah
* Beit Ana

Qutailibiyah
Subdistrict|

* al-Qutailibiyah
* al-Aqibah
* Baabda
* Bashraghi
* Dweir Baabda (incl. Sarabion)
* Hamam al-Qarahleh
* Qurfays

Al-Haffah District

| Haffah
Subdistrict|

* Al-Haffah
* Babna
* Jankil
* Zanqufa

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Ayn al-Tineh
Subdistrict|

* Ayn al-Tineh
* al-Jandiriyah

Kinsabba
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* Kinsabba
* Brouma
* Duwayrika
* Kabani
* Ta'uma

Muzayraa
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* Muzayraa
* Difa

Slinfah
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* Slinfah
* Salma
* Aramo

Qardaha District

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* Qardaha
* al-Fakhurah
* Bahamra
* Bayt Suhin
* Bishalama
* Bisrama
* Dabbash
* Harf al-Musaytirah
* Istamo
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* Yarte

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