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.ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Nawa</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native">نوى</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Syria" title="List of cities in 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.pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Syria_adm_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Nawa is located in Syria"><img alt="Nawa is located in Syria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Syria_adm_location_map.svg/250px-Syria_adm_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Syria_adm_location_map.svg/375px-Syria_adm_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Syria_adm_location_map.svg/500px-Syria_adm_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="921" data-file-height="806" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:84.127%;left:14.655%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Nawa"><img alt="Nawa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:4px;left:-3em"><div>Nawa</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Syria</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nawa,_Syria&params=32_53_20_N_36_02_35_E_region:SY_type:city_source:enwiki-GNS"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">32°53′20″N</span> <span class="longitude">36°02′35″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">32.88889°N 36.04306°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">32.88889; 36.04306</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Grid position</th><td class="infobox-data">247/255 <a href="/wiki/Palestine_grid" title="Palestine grid">PAL</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Governorates_of_Syria" title="Governorates of Syria">Governorate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daraa_Governorate" title="Daraa Governorate">Daraa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Syria" title="Districts of Syria">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Izra%27_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Izra' District">Izra</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Nahiyah" title="Nahiyah">Subdistrict</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Nawa</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">563 m (1,847 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2007)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">59,170</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Nawa</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">نَوَىٰ</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Nawā</i></span>) is a city in <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>, administratively belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Daraa_Governorate" title="Daraa Governorate">Daraa Governorate</a>. It has an altitude of 568 meters (1,864 ft). In 2007 it had a population of 59,170, making it the 28th largest city in Syria. </p><p>In antiquity, Nawa had a significant Jewish population and also served as ecclesiastical seat, home to at least two 5th-century bishops. Under early Muslim rule Nawa was the principal city of the <a href="/wiki/Hauran" title="Hauran">Hauran</a> region and was widely associated with the prophet <a href="/wiki/Job_in_Islam" title="Job in Islam">Job</a>. The city declined at least by the 13th century. Under <a href="/wiki/Mamluk_Sultanate" title="Mamluk Sultanate">Mamluk</a> rule it was the administrative center of the Jaydur district (the northwestern Hauran plain), a position it continued to under the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottomans</a>. Nawa remained a relatively large Muslim village throughout Ottoman rule, often second in size to <a href="/wiki/Daraa" title="Daraa">Daraa</a>. It was further characterized by its extensive basaltic ruins, many reused in the village's modern dwellings. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nawa,_Syria&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nawa lies in a high valley between the conical hills of <a href="/wiki/Jabiyah" title="Jabiyah">Tell al-Jabiya</a> and Tell al-Jumu'a on its west and the Tulul al-Hish volcanic cones to its northeast. The valley on which it lies slopes slightly southward toward the towns of <a href="/wiki/Tasil" title="Tasil">Tasil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al-Shaykh_Saad" title="Al-Shaykh Saad">al-Shaykh Saad</a>. The grounds to Nawa's north and east are stony, while to its south the soils are higher quality.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage167mode1up_167]_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage167mode1up_167]-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the historical center of Nawa is a pool called Ayn al-Ramashta. A second nearby spring is located at the foot of Tell al-Jabiya. Both historically supplied the town at least through Ottoman times.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage168mode1up_168]_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage168mode1up_168]-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nawa,_Syria&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roman_and_Byzantine_periods">Roman and Byzantine periods</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nawa,_Syria&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Roman and Byzantine periods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Palaestina_Secunda" title="Palaestina Secunda">Palaestina Secunda</a></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Byzantium" title="Byzantium">Byzantine</a> periods (1st–7th centuries CE), Nawa had a large <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a> population.<sup id="cite_ref-MiRa_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MiRa-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGoodman200270_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGoodman200270-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHüttenmeisterReeg1977336–339_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHüttenmeisterReeg1977336–339-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886174_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886174-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city is mentioned in ancient Jewish sources, such as the 3rd-century <a href="/wiki/Mosaic_of_Rehob" title="Mosaic of Rehob">Mosaic of Rehob</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Midrash_Rabba" title="Midrash Rabba">Midrash Rabba</a>. Numerous <a href="/wiki/Basalt" title="Basalt">basalt</a> architectural elements from the Byzantine period, bearing Jewish symbols—most prominently the <a href="/wiki/Temple_menorah" title="Temple menorah">menorah</a>—were discovered reused as <a href="/wiki/Spolia" title="Spolia">spolia</a> within Nawa (A. Reifenberg, 'Ancient Hebrew Arts', 1952).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (June 2024)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> During this period, it was known as 'Neve'—a name encountered by the <a href="/wiki/Bordeaux_Pilgrim" class="mw-redirect" title="Bordeaux Pilgrim">Bordeaux Pilgrim</a> in 333–334.<sup id="cite_ref-MiRa_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MiRa-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGoodman200270_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGoodman200270-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHüttenmeisterReeg1977336–339_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHüttenmeisterReeg1977336–339-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVailhé1911_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVailhé1911-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city is mentioned as 'Neve' in the <a href="/wiki/Antonine_Itinerary" title="Antonine Itinerary">Antonine Itinerary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886174_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886174-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bishopric of Neve was a <a href="/wiki/Suffragan" class="mw-redirect" title="Suffragan">suffragan</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bostra" class="mw-redirect" title="Bostra">Bostra</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_see" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan see">metropolitan see</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Arabia_Petraea" title="Arabia Petraea">Arabia Petraea</a> province. Two of Neve's bishops are known: Petronius, who attended the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ephesus" title="Council of Ephesus">Council of Ephesus</a> in 431 and Jobius, who was present at the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Chalcedon" title="Council of Chalcedon">Council of Chalcedon</a> in 451. The Diocese of Neve is noticed in the <i><a href="/wiki/Notitia_episcopatuum" class="mw-redirect" title="Notitia episcopatuum">Notitia episcopatuum</a></i> of the patriarchate of <a href="/wiki/Antioch" title="Antioch">Antioch</a> in the 6th century ("Échos d'Orient", X, 145). Nawa was mentioned by <a href="/wiki/George_of_Cyprus" title="George of Cyprus">George of Cyprus</a> ("Descriptio orbis romani", ed. <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Gelzer" title="Heinrich Gelzer">Heinrich Gelzer</a>, 54) in the 7th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVailhé1911_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVailhé1911-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Hauran was dominated by the <a href="/wiki/Ghassanids" title="Ghassanids">Ghassanids</a>, the lead <a href="/wiki/Arab" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab">Arab</a> <i>foederati</i> (tribal confederates) of the Byzantines, during the 6th and 7th centuries. They had their principal base at <a href="/wiki/Jabiya" class="mw-redirect" title="Jabiya">Jabiya</a>, in Nawa's immediate vicinity. The historians Clive Foss and <a href="/wiki/Irfan_Shahid" class="mw-redirect" title="Irfan Shahid">Irfan Shahid</a> suggested that the Ghassanids left some architectural traces in Nawa, namely an audience chamber in one of the town's ruined palaces (which parallels that of <a href="/wiki/Al-Mundhir_III_ibn_al-Harith" title="Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Harith">al-Mundhir III</a> outside <a href="/wiki/Resafa" title="Resafa">Resafa</a>) and churches.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahid2002155–156_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahid2002155–156-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFoss1997250–252_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFoss1997250–252-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_Muslim_period">Early Muslim period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nawa,_Syria&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Early Muslim period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the Islamic <a href="/wiki/Caliphates" class="mw-redirect" title="Caliphates">caliphates</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Rashidun" title="Rashidun">Rashidun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Umayyad" class="mw-redirect" title="Umayyad">Umayyads</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abbasid" class="mw-redirect" title="Abbasid">Abbasids</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fatimid_Caliphate" title="Fatimid Caliphate">Fatimids</a> (7th–11th centuries), Nawa was a part of <a href="/wiki/Jund_Dimashq" title="Jund Dimashq">Jund Dimashq</a> (the military district of Damascus) and the principal city of the <a href="/wiki/Hauran" title="Hauran">Hauran</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELe_Strange1890[httpsarchiveorgstreampalestineundermo00lestuoftpage515mode1up_515]_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELe_Strange1890[httpsarchiveorgstreampalestineundermo00lestuoftpage515mode1up_515]-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was destroyed in an earthquake in 749, according to the chronicler <a href="/wiki/Michael_the_Syrian" title="Michael the Syrian">Michael the Syrian</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFoss1997241_note_191,_245,_249_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFoss1997241_note_191,_245,_249-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Al-Mas%27udi" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Mas'udi">Al-Mas'udi</a> wrote in 943 that a <a href="/wiki/Mosque" title="Mosque">mosque</a> dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Job_(biblical_figure)" title="Job (biblical figure)">Job</a> was located 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) from Nawa. In 985 the Jerusalemite geographer <a href="/wiki/Al-Muqaddasi" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Muqaddasi">al-Muqaddasi</a> described Nawa as the principal city of the districts of <a href="/wiki/Batanea" class="mw-redirect" title="Batanea">Bathaniyya</a> (the Hauran plain) and <a href="/wiki/Auranitis" class="mw-redirect" title="Auranitis">Hawran</a> (the <a href="/wiki/Jabal_al-Druze" title="Jabal al-Druze">Jabal al-Druze</a>) of Jund Dimashq, and that its land were rich in grain.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELe_Strange1890[httpsarchiveorgstreampalestineundermo00lestuoftpage515mode1up_515]_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELe_Strange1890[httpsarchiveorgstreampalestineundermo00lestuoftpage515mode1up_515]-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ayyubid_and_Mamluk_periods">Ayyubid and Mamluk periods</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nawa,_Syria&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ayyubid and Mamluk periods"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the 13th century, its status had declined. The Christian pilgrim <a href="/wiki/Thietmar_(pilgrim)" title="Thietmar (pilgrim)">Thietmar</a> passed through Nawa in 1217–1218, during <a href="/wiki/Ayyubid_dynasty" title="Ayyubid dynasty">Ayyubid</a> rule (1180s–1260s) and noted that it was in a ruined state and "inhabited by <a href="/wiki/Saracens" class="mw-redirect" title="Saracens">Saracens</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPringle2013_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPringle2013-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Syrian geographer <a href="/wiki/Yaqut_al-Hamawi" title="Yaqut al-Hamawi">Yaqut al-Hamawi</a> recorded in 1225 that Nawa was "a small town of the Hauran," formerly the capital of the region. He described it as the city where Job dwelled in and the burial place of <a href="/wiki/Shem" title="Shem">Shem</a>, the son of <a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELe_Strange1890[httpsarchiveorgstreampalestineundermo00lestuoftpage516mode1up_516]_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELe_Strange1890[httpsarchiveorgstreampalestineundermo00lestuoftpage516mode1up_516]-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1233, Imam <a href="/wiki/Yahya_ibn_Sharaf_al-Nawawi" class="mw-redirect" title="Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi">Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi</a>, a prominent <a href="/wiki/Ulema" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulema">Muslim scholar</a>, was born in Nawa, hence his <i><a href="/wiki/Nisba_(onomastics)" title="Nisba (onomastics)">nisba</a></i> (epithet). His ancestor had moved there from the <a href="/wiki/Golan_Heights" title="Golan Heights">Jawlan</a> (Golan Heights) and left several descendants in the village.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalim2015_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalim2015-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Mamluk_Sultanate" title="Mamluk Sultanate">Mamluk</a> period (1260s–1517), Nawa was the center of the <i>amal</i> (subdistrict) of Jaydur (the northwestern Hauran plain), part of the southern <i>safqa</i> (march) of the Damascus <i>mamlaka</i> (province).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBakhit197285_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBakhit197285-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The village was mentioned by the 14th-century geographer <a href="/wiki/Abulfeda" title="Abulfeda">Abulfeda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886174_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886174-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ottoman_period">Ottoman period</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nawa,_Syria&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ottoman period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Marj_Dabiq" title="Battle of Marj Dabiq">Ottoman conquest of Syria</a> in 1517, Sultan <a href="/wiki/Selim_I" title="Selim I">Selim I</a> granted Nawa to the <a href="/wiki/Bedouin" title="Bedouin">Bedouin</a> emir of the <a href="/wiki/Beqaa_Valley" title="Beqaa Valley">Beqaa Valley</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Nasir_Ibn_al-Hanash&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nasir Ibn al-Hanash (page does not exist)">Nasir Ibn al-Hanash</a>, as an <i><a href="/wiki/Iqta" class="mw-redirect" title="Iqta">iqta</a></i> (tax farm) in return for ensuring Bedouin loyalty to the state.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBakhit197214_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBakhit197214-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1596 Nawa appeared in the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Syria" title="Ottoman Syria">Ottoman</a> <a href="/wiki/Defter" title="Defter">tax registers</a> as 'Nawi' and was part of the <i><a href="/wiki/Nahiya" class="mw-redirect" title="Nahiya">nahiya</a></i> (subdistrict) of Jaydur in the <a href="/wiki/Hauran_Sanjak" title="Hauran Sanjak">Hauran Sanjak</a>. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 102 households and 43 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and/or beehives; a total of 26,000 <a href="/wiki/Ak%C3%A7e" title="Akçe">akçe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHütterothAbdulfattah1977207_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHütterothAbdulfattah1977207-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nawa was the administrative center of the Jaydur <i>nahiya</i>, which was alternatively called 'Nawa' in government records.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBakhit197285_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBakhit197285-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1884 the American archaeologist <a href="/wiki/Gottlieb_Schumacher" title="Gottlieb Schumacher">Gottlieb Schumacher</a> noted that Nawa was the second largest locality in the <a href="/wiki/Hauran" title="Hauran">Hauran</a> after <a href="/wiki/Daraa" title="Daraa">Daraa</a>, at least terms of its gross area. It had 300 dwellings, mostly constructed of reused ancient basaltic blocks and without mortar, many having timber roofs supplied by recent <a href="/wiki/Circassians_in_Syria" title="Circassians in Syria">Circassian</a> settlers from the forests of the northern Jawlan. The homes were generally surrounded by large grounds used by the residents to shelter their sheepflocks. Many of the homes were unoccupied and the total population was between 750 and 800. Nawa's streets were wide and straight and in the center of the village was a large open area set around Ayn al-Ramashta, which at that time measured 14 feet (4.3 m) deep.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage167mode1up_167]–[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage168mode1up_168]_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage167mode1up_167]–[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage168mode1up_168]-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Schumacher noted that Nawa had been one of the most populous and important places of the northwestern Hauran since ancient times and was "a village which has been built of ruins, and is surrounded by a great field of them, but yet itself contains hardly anything except modern buildings".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage168mode1up_168]–[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage169mode1up_169]_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage168mode1up_168]–[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage169mode1up_169]-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The head <a href="/wiki/Sheikh" title="Sheikh">sheikh</a> of Nawa was Ibrahim al-Midyab, who also held paramountcy among the sheikhs of other villages in the Hauran (a member of his clan, Abdullah al-Midyab controlled the large village of <a href="/wiki/Al-Shajara,_Syria" title="Al-Shajara, Syria">Shajara</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage173mode1up_173]–[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage174mode1up_174]_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage173mode1up_173]–[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage174mode1up_174]-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Syrian_civil_war">Syrian civil war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nawa,_Syria&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Syrian civil war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2018, the citizens of Nawa were subject to heavy Syrian government and Russian military bombardment, in an effort to rid the city from its anti-government forces.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_residents">Notable residents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nawa,_Syria&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notable residents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Suwaydani" title="Ahmad Suwaydani">Ahmad Suwaydani</a>, chief of staff of Syrian Army, 1966–1968</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nawa,_Syria&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage167mode1up_167]-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage167mode1up_167]_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSchumacher1886">Schumacher 1886</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/acrossjordon00schu/page/167/mode/1up">167</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage168mode1up_168]-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886[httpsarchiveorgdetailsacrossjordon00schupage168mode1up_168]_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSchumacher1886">Schumacher 1886</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/acrossjordon00schu/page/168/mode/1up">168</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MiRa-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MiRa_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MiRa_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Midrash_Rabba" title="Midrash Rabba">Midrash Rabba</a> (<i>Lamentations Rabba</i> 1:60).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGoodman200270-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGoodman200270_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGoodman200270_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGoodman2002">Goodman 2002</a>, p. 70.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHüttenmeisterReeg1977336–339-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHüttenmeisterReeg1977336–339_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHüttenmeisterReeg1977336–339_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHüttenmeisterReeg1977">Hüttenmeister & Reeg 1977</a>, pp. 336–339.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886174-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886174_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886174_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchumacher1886174_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSchumacher1886">Schumacher 1886</a>, p. 174.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEVailhé1911-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVailhé1911_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVailhé1911_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFVailhé1911">Vailhé 1911</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahid2002155–156-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEShahid2002155–156_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFShahid2002">Shahid 2002</a>, pp. 155–156.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFoss1997250–252-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFoss1997250–252_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFoss1997">Foss 1997</a>, pp. 250–252.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELe_Strange1890[httpsarchiveorgstreampalestineundermo00lestuoftpage515mode1up_515]-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELe_Strange1890[httpsarchiveorgstreampalestineundermo00lestuoftpage515mode1up_515]_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELe_Strange1890[httpsarchiveorgstreampalestineundermo00lestuoftpage515mode1up_515]_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLe_Strange1890">Le Strange 1890</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/palestineundermo00lestuoft#page/515/mode/1up">515</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFoss1997241_note_191,_245,_249-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFoss1997241_note_191,_245,_249_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFoss1997">Foss 1997</a>, pp. 241 note 191, 245, 249.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPringle2013-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPringle2013_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPringle2013">Pringle 2013</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELe_Strange1890[httpsarchiveorgstreampalestineundermo00lestuoftpage516mode1up_516]-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELe_Strange1890[httpsarchiveorgstreampalestineundermo00lestuoftpage516mode1up_516]_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLe_Strange1890">Le Strange 1890</a>, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/palestineundermo00lestuoft#page/516/mode/1up">516</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHalim2015-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHalim2015_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHalim2015">Halim 2015</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBakhit197285-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBakhit197285_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBakhit197285_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBakhit1972">Bakhit 1972</a>, p. 85.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBakhit197214-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBakhit197214_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBakhit1972">Bakhit 1972</a>, p. 14.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHütterothAbdulfattah1977207-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHütterothAbdulfattah1977207_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHütterothAbdulfattah1977">Hütteroth & 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