Bayyad

Village in South Lebanon Governorate

Bayyad بياض Biyad
Village
33°12′15″N 35°19′42″E / 33.20417°N 35.32833°E / 33.20417; 35.32833
Grid position	180/290 PAL
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	South Lebanon Governorate
District	Tyre District
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code	+9617

Bayyad (Arabic: بياض) is a village in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.

Origin of name

E. H. Palmer wrote that the name means "the white spot".^[1]

History

In 1881, during the late Ottoman era, the PEF'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."^[2]

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."^[3]

References

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 32
^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 91
^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 114

Bibliography

Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.