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Al-Mlaihah al-Gharbiyah

Al-Mlaihah al-Gharbiyah () is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Mlaihah al-Gharbiyah had a population of 5,454 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

History

In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Maliha and was part of the nahiya of Bani Malik al-Asraf in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 30 households and 12 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 40% on various agricultural products, including wheat (6000 a.), barley (1800 a.), summer crops (2000 a.), goats and beehives (200 a.); a total of 10,000 akçe.

In 1838, it was noted as being east of ash-Shaykh Miskin, with a Sunni Muslim population.

Religious buildings

  • Al-Farooq Mosque
  • Usama ibn Zayd Mosque

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