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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C9%99syaf" title="Məsyaf – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Məsyaf" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8C%D1%8F%D1%84" title="Масьяф – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Масьяф" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8F%D1%84" title="Масяф – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Масяф" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masyaf" title="Masyaf – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Masyaf" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C5%9Fy%C4%81f" title="Maşyāf – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Maşyāf" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masyaf" title="Masyaf – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Masyaf" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masyaf" title="Masyaf – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Masyaf" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B5%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%81" title="مصیاف – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مصیاف" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masyaf" title="Masyaf – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Masyaf" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%8B%9C%EC%95%84%ED%94%84" title="마시아프 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="마시아프" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%B5%D5%A1%D6%86" title="Մասյաֆ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մասյաֆ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masyaf" title="Masyaf – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Masyaf" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%90%D7%A3" title="מסיאף – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מסיאף" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98" title="მასიაფი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მასიაფი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjafas" title="Masjafas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Masjafas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%81" title="مصياف – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مصياف" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masyaf" title="Masyaf – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Masyaf" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95" title="マスヤーフ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="マスヤーフ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masyaf" title="Masyaf – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Masyaf" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjaf" title="Masjaf – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Masjaf" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massiafe" title="Massiafe – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Massiafe" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masyaf" title="Masyaf – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Masyaf" data-language-autonym="Română" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%95%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%81" title="مەسیاف – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="مەسیاف" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D1%84" title="Масијаф – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Масијаф" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masyaf" title="Masyaf – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Masyaf" data-language-autonym="Suomi" 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class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_the_Syrian_revolution.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Syrian_revolution.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Flag_of_the_Syrian_revolution.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Syrian_revolution.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/Hama_Governorate" title="Hama Governorate">Hama</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/Masyaf_District" title="Masyaf District">Masyaf</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"><a href="/wiki/Masyaf_Nahiyah" class="mw-redirect" title="Masyaf Nahiyah">Masyaf</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">447 m (1,467 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2004)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">22,508</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Masyaf</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">مصياف</span> <i><span title="DIN 31635 Arabic (Arabic language) transliteration"><i lang="ar-Latn">Miṣyāf</i></span></i>) is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Syria" title="List of cities in Syria">city</a> in northwestern <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>. It is the center of the <a href="/wiki/Masyaf_District" title="Masyaf District">Masyaf District</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Hama_Governorate" title="Hama Governorate">Hama Governorate</a>. As of 2004, Masyaf had a religiously diverse population of approximately 22,000 <a href="/wiki/Ismailism" title="Ismailism">Ismailis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alawites" title="Alawites">Alawites</a> and Christians. The city is well known for its large <a href="/wiki/Masyaf_Castle" title="Masyaf Castle">medieval castle</a>, particularly its role as the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/Nizari_Ismaili_state" title="Nizari Ismaili state">Nizari Ismailis</a> and their elite <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Assassins" title="Order of Assassins">Assassins</a> unit. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masyaf&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Throughout the Islamic era and until the modern day, the Arabic name of the city was pronounced in a number of different ways by the inhabitants of the region as <i>Maṣyaf</i>, <i>Maṣyat</i> or <i>Maṣyad</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELipinsky2000306_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELipinsky2000306-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Arabic name is a local pronunciation that evolved from the <a href="/wiki/Akkadian_language" title="Akkadian language">Assyrian</a> name <i>Manṣuate</i>. The "nṣw" in <i>Manṣuate</i> correlates with the Arabic "nṣṣ", which means "to set up", according to <a href="/wiki/Oriental_studies" title="Oriental studies">orientalist</a> scholar <a href="/wiki/Edward_Lipinski_(orientalist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Lipinski (orientalist)">Edward Lipinsky</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELipinsky2000308_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELipinsky2000308-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Moreover, Lipinsky suggests that the Assyrian name was likely a configuration of the Assyrian word <i>manṣuwatu</i> which correlates with the Arabic word <i>minaṣṣatu(n)</i>, both of which translate as "raised platform". This translation is indicative of the <a href="/wiki/Promontory" title="Promontory">promontory</a> that the Masyaf fortress occupies which overlooks the rest of the city and the surrounding area.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELipinsky2000309_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELipinsky2000309-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<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=Masyaf&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="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masyaf&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Masyaf is the most probable site of the ancient <a href="/wiki/Aramean" class="mw-redirect" title="Aramean">Aramean</a> city of Mansuate that existed in the 8th century BC. It later served as the administrative center of an <a href="/wiki/Assyrian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Assyrian Empire">Assyrian</a> province by the same name in modern-day central Syria.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELipinsky2000309_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELipinsky2000309-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Masyaf is also likely the site of Marsyas. <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> historians mentioned a city named "Marsyas" that governed the <a href="/wiki/Al-Ghab_plain" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Ghab plain">al-Ghab</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beqaa_Valley" title="Beqaa Valley">Beqaa</a> plains to the north and south of the site, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasan20087_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasan20087-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Masyaf and its <a href="/wiki/Masyaf_Castle" title="Masyaf Castle">fortress</a> were first mentioned by <a href="/wiki/Crusades" title="Crusades">Crusader</a> chroniclers in 1099.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Daftary115_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daftary115-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, because a fortification at Masyaf likely existed prior to the 11th century, it is probable that the <a href="/wiki/Aleppo" title="Aleppo">Aleppo</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Hamdanid_dynasty" title="Hamdanid dynasty">Hamdanid dynasty</a> built a fort at Masyaf, due to its position as an outpost overlooking the mountain roads.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasan20087_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasan20087-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At that time, the fortress was a part of <a href="/wiki/Jund_Qinnasrin" title="Jund Qinnasrin">Jund Qinnasrin</a> (Chalcis Province) of the <a href="/wiki/Fatimid_Caliphate" title="Fatimid Caliphate">Fatimid Caliphate</a>. In the autumn of 999, <a href="/wiki/Basil_II" title="Basil II">Basil II</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> emperor, destroyed the fortifications at Masyaf as part of his campaign to gain control of <a href="/wiki/Antioch" title="Antioch">Antioch</a> and its environs from the Muslims.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The area would later come under <a href="/wiki/Seljuk_dynasty" title="Seljuk dynasty">Seljuk</a> rule, but in 1099, the Crusaders attempted to wrest control of Masyaf (and the more strategically important <a href="/wiki/Rafania" class="mw-redirect" title="Rafania">Rafania</a>) following their capture of <a href="/wiki/Tripoli,_Lebanon" title="Tripoli, Lebanon">Tripoli</a>. The Seljuk <a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Damascus#Burid_emirs" title="List of rulers of Damascus">atabeg of Damascus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toghtekin" title="Toghtekin">Toghtekin</a>, launched a military campaign to prevent the loss of the area and reached a short-lived accommodation with the Crusaders whereby Masyaf and <a href="/wiki/Krak_des_Chevaliers" title="Krak des Chevaliers">Hisn al-Akrad</a> would remain in Muslim hands, but have to pay tribute to the Crusaders. Sometime later, Masyaf was controlled by the <a href="/wiki/Mirdasid_dynasty" title="Mirdasid dynasty">Mirdasid dynasty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1127, the Mirdasids sold it to the <a href="/wiki/Shaizar" title="Shaizar">Shaizar</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Banu_Munqidh" title="Banu Munqidh">Banu Munqidh</a> family.<sup id="cite_ref-Daftary115_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daftary115-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nizari_Ismaili_era">Nizari Ismaili era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masyaf&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Nizari Ismaili era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1140, Masyaf was captured by the <a href="/wiki/Nizari_Ismaili_state" title="Nizari Ismaili state">Nizari Ismailis</a>, a sect of <a href="/wiki/Ismaili" class="mw-redirect" title="Ismaili">Ismaili</a> branch of <a href="/wiki/Shia" class="mw-redirect" title="Shia">Shia</a>. The fortress was being defended by a Banu Munqidh <i><a href="/wiki/Mamluk" title="Mamluk">mamluk</a></i> (slave warrior) named Sunqur, who the Ismaili force managed to ambush and kill.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ismailis had chosen <a href="/wiki/Bilad_al-Sham" title="Bilad al-Sham">Syria</a> as their new home and successively settled in the cities of <a href="/wiki/Aleppo" title="Aleppo">Aleppo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a> and the fortress of <a href="/wiki/Banias" title="Banias">Banias</a>, each time being persecuted and massacred by the authorities or mobs of local residents incited by clerics who accused the Ismailis of being <a href="/wiki/Heretic" class="mw-redirect" title="Heretic">heretics</a> or causing problems. Consequently, the surviving Ismaili leadership decided that establishing bases in Syria's cities and thus relying on the goodwill of various <i>umara</i> (princes) was untenable. Instead, they chose to settle in <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Coastal_Mountain_Range" title="Syrian Coastal Mountain Range">Jabal Ansariyah</a>, a coastal mountain range dotted with fortresses, including Masyaf.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilley200542_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilley200542-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilley200543_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilley200543-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Masyaf_-_Gesamtansicht.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Masyaf_-_Gesamtansicht.jpg/220px-Masyaf_-_Gesamtansicht.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Masyaf_-_Gesamtansicht.jpg/330px-Masyaf_-_Gesamtansicht.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Masyaf_-_Gesamtansicht.jpg/440px-Masyaf_-_Gesamtansicht.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="837" /></a><figcaption>The fortress of Masyaf</figcaption></figure> <p>Following its capture, Masyaf served as the principal fortress for the Ismailis' chief <i><a href="/wiki/Da%27i" title="Da'i">da'i</a></i>. Together with other fortresses acquired at around the same time, including <a href="/wiki/Al-Kahf_Castle" title="Al-Kahf Castle">al-Kahf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khawabi" title="Khawabi">Khawabi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al-Qadmus" title="Al-Qadmus">al-Qadmus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Al-Rusafa,_Syria" title="Al-Rusafa, Syria">al-Rusafa</a>, the Ismailis were able to carve an autonomous territory for themselves amid hostile Crusader states and local Muslim dynasties nominally affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid Caliphate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilley200544_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilley200544-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Masyaf served as the headquarters of the Ismaili <i>da'i</i> <a href="/wiki/Rashid_ad-Din_Sinan" title="Rashid ad-Din Sinan">Rashid ad-Din Sinan</a> and his elite unit of <i><a href="/wiki/Fedayeen" title="Fedayeen">fida'i</a></i> who were known as the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Assassins" title="Order of Assassins">Assassins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilley200544_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilley200544-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilley200545_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilley200545-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilley200546_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilley200546-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the mid-1170s, the <a href="/wiki/Ayyubid_dynasty" title="Ayyubid dynasty">Ayyubid</a> sultan <a href="/wiki/Saladin" title="Saladin">Saladin</a> set about conquering Syria, ousting the Crusaders and uniting the Muslim world under Sunni Islam. The Ismailis considered Saladin a more dangerous threat than the Crusaders and allied with Saladin's rival in Aleppo to defeat the Ayyubids.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilley200547_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilley200547-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sinan's men launched two unsuccessful attempts to assassinate Saladin and in 1176, Saladin launched a punitive expedition against the Assassins in the strongly-defended fortress of Masyaf. Within a few days of the siege, Saladin withdrew due to an urgent need to redeploy against the Crusaders who were attacking Ayyubid territory in the <a href="/wiki/Beqaa_Valley" title="Beqaa Valley">Beqaa</a>. He arranged a truce with Sinan mediated by the Ayyubid emir of <a href="/wiki/Hama" title="Hama">Hama</a>, Shihab al-Din Mahmud al-Harimi, Saladin's uncle.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989790_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989790-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mamluk_rule">Mamluk rule</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masyaf&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Mamluk rule"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A wall around the town of Masyaf was built in 1249 by the <a href="/wiki/Persian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian people">Persian</a> leader of the Ismailis, Taj al-Din Abu'l Futuh. In 1260, the <a href="/wiki/Mongol_Empire" title="Mongol Empire">Mongols</a> under <a href="/wiki/Hulagu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hulagu">Hulagu</a> conquered most of northern Syria and briefly occupied Masyaf. However, following the Mongols' rout at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ain_Jalut" title="Battle of Ain Jalut">Battle of Ain Jalut</a> at the hand of the <a href="/wiki/Bahri_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Bahri dynasty">Bahri Mamluks</a> later that year, they withdrew from Masyaf and it once again fell under <a href="/wiki/Ismaili" class="mw-redirect" title="Ismaili">Ismaili</a> control.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989790_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989790-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1262, Masyaf's rulers were ordered to pay tribute to the Mamluk sultan <a href="/wiki/Baibars" class="mw-redirect" title="Baibars">Baibars</a> and some time after, the sultan had Masyaf's <i>emir</i> Najm al-Din Ismail replaced by Sarim al-Din Mubarak. Mubarak was later imprisoned in <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a> by Baibars and Najm ad-Din was briefly restored as <i>emir</i> before Masyaf was fully incorporated into the <a href="/wiki/Mamluk_Sultanate_(Cairo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)">sultanate</a> in 1270.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989790_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989790-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ismailis continued inhabiting it throughout Mamluk rule.<sup id="cite_ref-Daftary115_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daftary115-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Towards the end of the century, Masyaf became a major stopping point on the Mamluk postal route and was controlled by a commander who answered directly to the sultan due to its strategic role as a frontier fortress.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1320, the historian and Ayyubid emir of Hama, <a href="/wiki/Abu%27l_Fida" class="mw-redirect" title="Abu'l Fida">Abu'l Fida</a>, noted that Masyaf was a "center of the Ismailian Doctrine" and that it was "beautiful" with gardens and a spring from which flowed a small stream.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Ibn_Battuta" title="Ibn Battuta">Ibn Battuta</a>, who passed by the town in 1355, Masyaf was the center of a district belonging to the province of <a href="/wiki/Tripoli,_Lebanon" title="Tripoli, Lebanon">Tripoli</a> and containing the fortress villages of al-Rusafa, <a href="/wiki/Al-Kahf_Castle" title="Al-Kahf Castle">al-Kahf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al-Qadmus" title="Al-Qadmus">al-Qadmus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aleika_Castle" title="Aleika Castle">al-Ulayqa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Maniqa" title="Maniqa">al-Maniqa</a>. Masyaf was later separated from Tripoli and transferred to the authority of Damascus province. In the mid-15th century, under Sultan <a href="/wiki/Barsbay" title="Barsbay">Barsbay</a>, a road was built that connected Masyaf with Tripoli, but the postal route no longer passed through the town. In 1446, the historian Khalil al-Zahiri described Masyaf as "a pleasant town, with an extensive countryside".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ottoman_era">Ottoman era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masyaf&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Ottoman era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PAB_Massyaf_Chateau_de_Vieux_de_la_Montagne.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/PAB_Massyaf_Chateau_de_Vieux_de_la_Montagne.jpg/220px-PAB_Massyaf_Chateau_de_Vieux_de_la_Montagne.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/PAB_Massyaf_Chateau_de_Vieux_de_la_Montagne.jpg/330px-PAB_Massyaf_Chateau_de_Vieux_de_la_Montagne.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/PAB_Massyaf_Chateau_de_Vieux_de_la_Montagne.jpg/440px-PAB_Massyaf_Chateau_de_Vieux_de_la_Montagne.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="516" /></a><figcaption>The fortress and town of Masyaf, c. 1935</figcaption></figure> <p>Masyaf, along with the rest of Syria, was incorporated into the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> in 1516–17 following the Ottoman victory over the Mamluks at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Marj_Dabiq" title="Battle of Marj Dabiq">Battle of Marj Dabiq</a>. Masyaf became a part of the <i><a href="/wiki/Sanjak" title="Sanjak">liwa</a></i> (district) of <a href="/wiki/Homs" title="Homs">Homs</a>, and along with the other Ismaili fortresses in its vicinity (<i>qala' al-da'wa</i>), was responsible for paying a special tax. The town had a <i>khan</i> (<a href="/wiki/Caravanserai" title="Caravanserai">caravanserai</a>) which paid tolls to the Ottoman authorities. The tolls were abolished later in the mid-16th century. According to the <a href="/wiki/Sufi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sufi">Sufi</a> traveler <a href="/wiki/Abd_al-Ghani_al-Nabulsi" title="Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi">Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi</a>, the <i>emir</i> of Masyaf in the early 1690s was a descendant of the Arab <a href="/wiki/Tanukh" title="Tanukh">Tanukh</a> tribe named Sulayman.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1703, the Raslan clan, an <a href="/wiki/Alawite" class="mw-redirect" title="Alawite">Alawite</a> tribe, took over Masyaf and controlled it for about eight years until it was restored to the <a href="/wiki/Ismailis" class="mw-redirect" title="Ismailis">Ismailis</a> following the intervention of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> authorities. During this period, the majority of Masyaf's Ismaili inhabitants followed the <a href="/wiki/Nizari" class="mw-redirect" title="Nizari">Nizari</a> sect although there was a small <a href="/wiki/Tayyibi" class="mw-redirect" title="Tayyibi">Tayyibi</a> minority too.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1788, the <i>emir</i> of Masyaf, Mustafa ibn Idris, built a <i>sabil</i> (<a href="/wiki/Wudu" title="Wudu">ablutions</a> fountain) and a house that would be used by himself and successive Ismaili <i>emirs</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1808, the Raslan clan led by Sheikh Mahmud Raslan attacked Masyaf,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> killing its Ismaili chief, Mustafa Milhim,<sup id="cite_ref-Daftary489_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daftary489-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his son,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and captured the fortress.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Daftary489_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daftary489-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> About 300 of the town's Ismaili inhabitants were also killed,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while many others, including the <i>da'i</i> (religious chief) of Masyaf, fled for <a href="/wiki/Homs" title="Homs">Homs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hama" title="Hama">Hama</a> and other areas in central Syria, settling in those places temporarily.<sup id="cite_ref-Daftary489_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Daftary489-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Ismailis" class="mw-redirect" title="Ismailis">Ismailis</a> had already been in the process of being gradually expelled from Jabal Ansariyah by <a href="/wiki/Alawite" class="mw-redirect" title="Alawite">Alawite</a> clans.<sup id="cite_ref-Balanche69_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balanche69-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ottoman <a href="/wiki/Vilayet_of_Damascus" class="mw-redirect" title="Vilayet of Damascus">governor of Damascus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kunj_Yusuf_Pasha" title="Kunj Yusuf Pasha">Kunj Yusuf Pasha</a>, intervened in the matter, dispatching a force of 4,000–5,000 soldiers to recapture the town. After three months of fighting, the Raslans surrendered Masyaf. Ismaili control over the town and its fortress was restored in 1810.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two years after the resettlement of Masyaf by the Ismailis, <a href="/wiki/Johann_Ludwig_Burckhardt" title="Johann Ludwig Burckhardt">Johann Ludwig Burckhardt</a> recorded an estimated population of 280 families, most of which were Ismaili and 30 were <a href="/wiki/Arab_Christian" class="mw-redirect" title="Arab Christian">Christian</a>. Burchardt noted that the town's <a href="/wiki/Citadel" title="Citadel">citadel</a>, many houses, the mosque and most other buildings were either heavily damaged or destroyed from previous fighting. Throughout the remainder of the 19th century, Masyaf's population continued to decrease.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_era">Modern era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masyaf&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Modern era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Masyaf5.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Masyaf5.jpg/220px-Masyaf5.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Masyaf5.jpg/330px-Masyaf5.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Masyaf5.jpg/440px-Masyaf5.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="533" /></a><figcaption>A view of part of the fortress (foreground) and the modern city of Masyaf (background), 2004</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_I" title="Allies of World War I">Allied Powers</a> captured Syria from the Ottomans in 1917, after which the residents largely abandoned the fortress of Masyaf. British general <a href="/wiki/T._E._Lawrence" title="T. E. Lawrence">T. E. Lawrence</a> rested in Masyaf and remarked that the fortress was being used as a <a href="/wiki/Poorhouse" title="Poorhouse">poorhouse</a> at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasan200815_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasan200815-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/French_Mandate_of_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="French Mandate of Syria">French Mandate</a> over Syria, the French separated the Jabal Ansariyah range from the rest of Syria to form the <a href="/wiki/Alawite_State" title="Alawite State">Alawite State</a>. Masyaf was made a part of the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Damascus" title="State of Damascus">State of Damascus</a>, but in 1929, a number of rural Alawite villages in its immediate vicinity, including <a href="/wiki/Al-Rusafa,_Syria" title="Al-Rusafa, Syria">al-Rusafa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al-Bayyadiyah" title="Al-Bayyadiyah">al-Bayyadiyah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Akakir" title="Akakir">Akakir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryamin,_Hama" class="mw-redirect" title="Maryamin, Hama">Maryamin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abu_Qubays,_Syria" title="Abu Qubays, Syria">Abu Qubays</a>, were ceded to the Alawite State.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989792_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989792-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latter merged with the rest of Syria in 1936. In 1939, Masyaf and its district was transferred from the Province of Hama to the Province of Latakia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989792_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989792-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout the 1930s, rooms in the fortress were still being used by local residents.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasan200815_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasan200815-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1947, a year after Syria became independent from France, 3,808 Ismailis were recorded to be living in Masyaf.<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> The Syrian government under President <a href="/wiki/Amin_al-Hafiz" title="Amin al-Hafiz">Amin al-Hafiz</a> established Masyaf as a center for carpet weaving in 1965. The weaving workshops mostly employed women.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989792_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989792-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1960s, Masyaf's Ismaili community largely identified with the <a href="/wiki/Nasserist" class="mw-redirect" title="Nasserist">Nasserist</a> movement, in contrast to the Alawites who dominated the surrounding villages who were mostly associated with the <a href="/wiki/Ba%27athism" title="Ba'athism">Baathists</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1970, much of the town of Masyaf still remained within the confines of the city walls. However, by 1998, its population and urban space had expanded considerably outside the walls.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989790_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989790-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fortress is situated in the northeastern part of Masyaf's old city.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasan20085_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasan20085-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The walls remained in place, but the homes and gardens of local residents were built immediately alongside them. Within the walls is a mosque dating to the 12th century and according to local residents, is associated with Saladin.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilley2005222_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilley2005222-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The fortress is considered a national monument and is directly under the authority of the Syrian Directorate of Antiquities.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilley2005221_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilley2005221-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Civil War">Syrian Civil War</a> after 2015, an alleged missile production facility in Masyaf and a base near the town, thought to be used by <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iranian</a> forces and militias, became repeatedly targets of airstrikes attributed to Israel.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 8 September 2024, <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a> <a href="/wiki/2024_Masyaf_strikes" class="mw-redirect" title="2024 Masyaf strikes">launched a series of airstrikes</a> as well as a ground raid by the <a href="/wiki/Shaldag_Unit" title="Shaldag Unit">Shaldag unit</a>, targeting an underground precision missile factory reportedly built by Iran.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=Masyaf&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Masyaf is situated along the foothills of the eastern slopes of the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Coastal_Mountain_Range" title="Syrian Coastal Mountain Range">Jabal Ansariyah</a> coastal mountain range.<sup id="cite_ref-GBNID_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GBNID-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The average elevation of Masyaf is 485 meters. It is just west of the <a href="/wiki/Al-Ghab_plain" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Ghab plain">al-Ghab Plain</a>. The area is marked by gardens, orchards and fields of wheat and barley which are cultivated by local residents.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To the north and south of Masyaf flow seasonal streams which feed into a <a href="/wiki/Tributary" title="Tributary">tributary</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Orontes_River" title="Orontes River">Orontes River</a>, called al-Sarout.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasan20085_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasan20085-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city of <a href="/wiki/Hama" title="Hama">Hama</a> is 45 kilometers to the east and <a href="/wiki/Baniyas" title="Baniyas">Baniyas</a> is 54 kilometers to the west. Hama is connected to the town via a road north of Masyaf which passes through <a href="/wiki/Al-Laqbah" title="Al-Laqbah">al-Laqbah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deir_Shamil" title="Deir Shamil">Deir Shamil</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nearby villages include <a href="/wiki/Al-Rusafa,_Syria" title="Al-Rusafa, Syria">al-Rusafa</a> to the southeast, <a href="/wiki/Al-Bayda,_Hama_Governorate" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Bayda, Hama Governorate">al-Bayda</a> to the south, <a href="/wiki/Al-Suwaydah,_Masyaf" title="Al-Suwaydah, Masyaf">al-Suwaydah</a> to the southwest, <a href="/wiki/Rabu" title="Rabu">Rabu</a> to the west, <a href="/wiki/Biqraqa" title="Biqraqa">Biqraqa</a> to the northwest, <a href="/wiki/Hurayf" class="mw-redirect" title="Hurayf">Hurayf</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hayalin,_Masyaf" title="Hayalin, Masyaf">Hayalin</a> to the north, <a href="/wiki/Zaynah" class="mw-redirect" title="Zaynah">Zaynah</a> to the northeast and <a href="/wiki/Al-Shiha" title="Al-Shiha">al-Shiha</a> to the east. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masyaf&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Masyaf has a <a href="/wiki/Hot-summer_Mediterranean_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot-summer Mediterranean climate">hot-summer Mediterranean climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Csa</i>). In winter there is much more rainfall in Masyaf than in summer. The average annual temperature in Masyaf is 17.6 °C (63.7 °F). About 1,049 mm (41.30 in) of precipitation falls annually. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Masyaf </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.2<br />(90.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(91.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.0<br />(87.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.5<br />(79.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.3<br />(55.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">22.2<br />(72.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1<br />(39.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0<br />(41.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1<br />(44.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(50.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.8<br />(56.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA246; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.9<br />(64.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(69.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.7<br />(63.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC081; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.6<br />(56.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1<br />(48.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF7EF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6<br />(42.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCA96; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">12.1<br />(53.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #0000C2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">212<br />(8.3) </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">189<br />(7.4) </td> <td style="background: #0909FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">165<br />(6.5) </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">85<br />(3.3) </td> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(1.2) </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4<br />(0.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0<br />(0) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10<br />(0.4) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42<br />(1.7) </td> <td style="background: #7575FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">89<br />(3.5) </td> <td style="background: #0000B3; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">222<br />(8.7) </td> <td style="background: #7A7AFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,049<br />(41.3) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: Climate-Data.org, Climate data </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masyaf&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Central_Bureau_of_Statistics_(Syria)" title="Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)">Syria Central Bureau of Statistics</a>, Masyaf had a population of 22,508 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative center of the <a href="/wiki/Masyaf_District" title="Masyaf District">Masyaf District</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Masyaf_Nahiyah" class="mw-redirect" title="Masyaf Nahiyah">Masyaf Subdistrict</a>. The latter had a population of 68,184 in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-CBS_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBS-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the mid-1940s, its inhabitants were predominantly <a href="/wiki/Ismailism" title="Ismailism">Ismailis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GBNID_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GBNID-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, it is a religiously mixed city of Ismailis and <a href="/wiki/Alawites" title="Alawites">Alawites</a>, with a Christian minority.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masyaf&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Masyaf is featured as the base of operations of the Assassin Order during the <i><a href="/wiki/Third_Crusade" title="Third Crusade">Third Crusade</a></i> in the <i><a href="/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed" title="Assassin's Creed">Assassin's Creed</a></i> games series (mainly in <i><a href="/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_(video_game)" title="Assassin's Creed (video game)">Assassin's Creed</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed:_Revelations" class="mw-redirect" title="Assassin's Creed: Revelations">Assassin's Creed: Revelations</a></i>).<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The village appears built on a rock, with the <a href="/wiki/Masyaf_fortress" class="mw-redirect" title="Masyaf fortress">Masyaf fortress</a> at the top.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masyaf&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Masyaf1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Masyaf1.jpg/120px-Masyaf1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Masyaf1.jpg/250px-Masyaf1.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Masyaf2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Masyaf2.jpg/120px-Masyaf2.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Masyaf2.jpg/180px-Masyaf2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Masyaf2.jpg/240px-Masyaf2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="902" data-file-height="690" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Masyaf3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Masyaf3.jpg/120px-Masyaf3.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Masyaf3.jpg/250px-Masyaf3.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Masyaf4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Masyaf4.jpg/80px-Masyaf4.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Masyaf4.jpg/120px-Masyaf4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Masyaf4.jpg/160px-Masyaf4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Masyaf6.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Masyaf6.jpg/80px-Masyaf6.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Masyaf6.jpg/120px-Masyaf6.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Masyaf6.jpg/160px-Masyaf6.jpg 2x" data-file-width="533" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Masyaf-10-06-2009-Amjad-Helo-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View of Masyaf from the mountain, summer of 2009"><img alt="View of Masyaf from the mountain, summer of 2009" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Masyaf-10-06-2009-Amjad-Helo-1.jpg/120px-Masyaf-10-06-2009-Amjad-Helo-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Masyaf-10-06-2009-Amjad-Helo-1.jpg/180px-Masyaf-10-06-2009-Amjad-Helo-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Masyaf-10-06-2009-Amjad-Helo-1.jpg/240px-Masyaf-10-06-2009-Amjad-Helo-1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">View of Masyaf from the mountain, summer of 2009</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Masyaf-castle-2-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Masyaf Castle"><img alt="Masyaf Castle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Masyaf-castle-2-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg/120px-Masyaf-castle-2-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Masyaf-castle-2-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg/180px-Masyaf-castle-2-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Masyaf-castle-2-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg/240px-Masyaf-castle-2-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="917" data-file-height="688" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Masyaf Castle</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Masyaf-castle-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Masyaf Castle"><img alt="Masyaf Castle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Masyaf-castle-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg/120px-Masyaf-castle-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Masyaf-castle-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg/250px-Masyaf-castle-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="917" data-file-height="688" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Masyaf Castle</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Masyaf-City-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Masyaf from the Castle"><img alt="Masyaf from the Castle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Masyaf-City-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg/120px-Masyaf-City-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Masyaf-City-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg/180px-Masyaf-City-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Masyaf-City-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg/240px-Masyaf-City-amjad-helo-15-11-2008.jpg 2x" data-file-width="917" data-file-height="688" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Masyaf from the Castle</div> </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=Masyaf&action=edit&section=13" 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: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELipinsky2000306-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELipinsky2000306_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLipinsky2000">Lipinsky 2000</a>, p. 306.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELipinsky2000308-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELipinsky2000308_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLipinsky2000">Lipinsky 2000</a>, p. 308.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTELipinsky2000309-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELipinsky2000309_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELipinsky2000309_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFLipinsky2000">Lipinsky 2000</a>, p. 309.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasan20087-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasan20087_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasan20087_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHasan2008">Hasan 2008</a>, p. 7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789_5-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789_5-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989789_5-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHonigman1989">Honigman 1989</a>, p. 789.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Daftary115-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Daftary115_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Daftary115_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Daftary115_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Daftary, 2011, p. 115.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilley200542-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilley200542_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilley2005">Willey 2005</a>, p. 42.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilley200543-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilley200543_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilley2005">Willey 2005</a>, p. 43.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilley200544-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilley200544_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilley200544_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilley2005">Willey 2005</a>, p. 44.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilley200545-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilley200545_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilley2005">Willey 2005</a>, p. 45.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilley200546-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilley200546_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilley2005">Willey 2005</a>, p. 46.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilley200547-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilley200547_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilley2005">Willey 2005</a>, p. 47.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989790-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989790_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989790_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989790_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989790_13-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHonigman1989">Honigman 1989</a>, p. 790.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989791_14-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHonigman1989">Honigman 1989</a>, p. 791.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">le Strange, 1890, p. 507.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mirza, 1997, p. 128.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Daftary489-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Daftary489_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Daftary489_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Daftary489_17-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Daftary, 2007, p. 489.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Balanche69-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Balanche69_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Balanche, 2004, pp. 69–70.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasan200815-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasan200815_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasan200815_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHasan2008">Hasan 2008</a>, p. 15.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989792-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989792_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989792_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHonigman1989792_20-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHonigman1989">Honigman 1989</a>, p. 792.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Balanche, 2004, p. 92.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output 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title="Special:BookSources/9780700705054"><bdi>9780700705054</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Syrian+Ismailism%3A+The+Ever+Living+Line+of+the+Imamate%2C+AD+1100%E2%80%931260&rft.pub=Psychology+Press&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=9780700705054&rft.aulast=Mirza&rft.aufirst=Nasser+Ahmad&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DQiyy6skgPfoC%26q%3DMasyaf%26pg%3DPA115&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMasyaf" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFWilley2005" class="citation book cs1">Willey, Peter (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=RTyTn4ErwRIC&pg=PA220"><i>The Eagle's Nest: Ismaili Castles in Iran and Syria</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/I.B.Tauris" class="mw-redirect" title="I.B.Tauris">I.B.Tauris</a>. p. 220. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" 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title="Harbnafsah">Harbnafsah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harran_al-Awamid" title="Harran al-Awamid">Harran al-Awamid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hirak,_Syria" title="Al-Hirak, Syria">al-Hirak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hish,_Syria" title="Hish, Syria">Hish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hisyah" title="Hisyah">Hisyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hawl" title="Al-Hawl">al-Hawl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huraytan" class="mw-redirect" title="Huraytan">Huraytan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Huwash" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Huwash">al-Huwash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibbin_Samaan" title="Ibbin Samaan">Ibbin Samaan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ihsim" title="Ihsim">Ihsim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jayrud" title="Jayrud">Jayrud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Jalaa" title="Al-Jalaa">al-Jalaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Janudiyah" title="Al-Janudiyah">al-Janudiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaramana" title="Jaramana">Jaramana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Jarniyah" title="Al-Jarniyah">al-Jarniyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasim" title="Jasim">Jasim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Jawadiyah" title="Al-Jawadiyah">al-Jawadiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubb_al-Jarrah" title="Jubb al-Jarrah">Jubb al-Jarrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubb_Ramlah" title="Jubb Ramlah">Jubb Ramlah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jindires" title="Jindires">Jindires</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Jiza,_Syria" title="Al-Jiza, Syria">al-Jiza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qabu,_Syria" title="Al-Qabu, Syria">al-Qabu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kafr_Batna" title="Kafr Batna">Kafr Batna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kafr_Nabl" title="Kafr Nabl">Kafr Nabl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kafr_Takharim" title="Kafr Takharim">Kafr Takharim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kafr_Zita" title="Kafr Zita">Kafr Zita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Karamah,_Raqqa_Governorate" title="Al-Karamah, Raqqa Governorate">al-Karamah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Kasrah" title="Al-Kasrah">al-Kasrah</a></li> 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title="Al-Khalidiyah, Syria">al-Khalidiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khitab" title="Khitab">Khitab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maar_Daftein" title="Maar Daftein">Maar Daftein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maarin_al-Jabal" title="Maarin al-Jabal">Maarin al-Jabal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maar_Shuhur" title="Maar Shuhur">Maar Shuhur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Mubattan" title="Al-Mubattan">al-Mubattan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madbaa" title="Madbaa">Madbaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maqtaa_al-Hajar" title="Maqtaa al-Hajar">Maqtaa al-Hajar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matnin" title="Matnin">Matnin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mubarakat" title="Mubarakat">Mubarakat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muraywid" title="Muraywid">Muraywid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Narjis" title="Al-Narjis">al-Narjis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Nazaza" title="Al-Nazaza">al-Nazaza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qamhana" title="Qamhana">Qamhana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qubaybat_al-Assi" title="Qubaybat al-Assi">Qubaybat al-Assi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Rabiaa" title="Al-Rabiaa">al-Rabiaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raabun" title="Raabun">Raabun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Ruqaita" title="Al-Ruqaita">al-Ruqaita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safinah" title="Safinah">Safinah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samrah" title="Samrah">Samrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sawa,_Hama" title="Sawa, Hama">Sawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shihat_Hama" title="Shihat Hama">Shihat Hama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiraaya" title="Shiraaya">Shiraaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surayhin" title="Surayhin">Surayhin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suwak_al-Shamali" title="Suwak al-Shamali">Suwak al-Shamali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Suwayda_al-Gharbiyah" title="Al-Suwayda al-Gharbiyah">al-Suwayda al-Gharbiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Suwayda_al-Sharqiyah" title="Al-Suwayda al-Sharqiyah">al-Suwayda al-Sharqiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taqsis" title="Taqsis">Taqsis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tayzin" title="Tayzin">Tayzin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tishrin,_Hama" title="Tishrin, Hama">Tishrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuwaym" title="Tuwaym">Tuwaym</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_al-Nahr" title="Tell al-Nahr">Tell al-Nahr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Qartal" title="Tell Qartal">Tell Qartal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umm_al-Amad,_Hama" title="Umm al-Amad, Hama">Umm al-Amad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umm_al-Tuyour,_Hama_Governorate" title="Umm al-Tuyour, Hama Governorate">Umm al-Tuyour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zabada" title="Zabada">Zabada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zor_Abu_Dardah" title="Zor Abu Dardah">Zor Abu Dardah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zor_al-Sarmiyah" title="Zor al-Sarmiyah">Zor al-Sarmiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zor_Taqsis" title="Zor Taqsis">Zor Taqsis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-center: 108px">Hirbnafsah<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Hirbnafsah" title="Hirbnafsah">Hirbnafsah</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aqrab" title="Aqrab">Aqrab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akrad_Ibrahim" title="Akrad Ibrahim">Akrad Ibrahim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baja,_Hama" title="Baja, Hama">Baja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birin" title="Birin">Birin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bisin,_Syria" title="Bisin, Syria">Bisin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Biyah" title="Al-Biyah">al-Biyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bulous" title="Bulous">Bulous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deir_al-Fardis" title="Deir al-Fardis">Deir al-Fardis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Humayri" title="Al-Humayri">al-Humayri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jidrin" title="Jidrin">Jidrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Jafiah" title="Al-Jafiah">al-Jafiah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kafr_Qadah" title="Kafr Qadah">Kafr Qadah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khirbet_Aref" title="Khirbet Aref">Khirbet Aref</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khirbet_al-Jami" title="Khirbet al-Jami">Khirbet al-Jami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khirbet_al-Qasr" title="Khirbet al-Qasr">Khirbet al-Qasr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Muah" title="Al-Muah">al-Muah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musa_al-Houla" class="mw-redirect" title="Musa al-Houla">Musa al-Houla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qufaylun" title="Qufaylun">Qufaylun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Rawda,_Hama" title="Al-Rawda, Hama">al-Rawda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumaah" title="Sumaah">Suma'ah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talaf" title="Talaf">Talaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Tulaysiyah_al-Janubiyah" title="Al-Tulaysiyah al-Janubiyah">al-Tulaysiyah al-Janubiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toumin" title="Toumin">Toumin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zara%27a,_Hama" title="Zara'a, Hama">Zara'a</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-center: 108px">Suran<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Suran,_Hama_Governorate" title="Suran, Hama Governorate">Suran</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atshan" title="Atshan">Atshan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buwaydah,_Suran" title="Buwaydah, Suran">Buwaydah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fan_Shamali" title="Fan Shamali">Fan Shamali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Junaynah" title="Al-Junaynah">al-Junaynah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawkab,_Hama" title="Kawkab, Hama">Kawkab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khafsin" title="Khafsin">Khafsin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khirbet_al-Hajama" title="Khirbet al-Hajama">Khirbet al-Hajama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lahaya" title="Lahaya">Lahaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maardis" title="Maardis">Maardis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maarkaba" title="Maarkaba">Maarkaba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ma%27an,_Syria" title="Ma'an, Syria">Ma'an</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masasneh" title="Masasneh">Masasneh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murak,_Syria" class="mw-redirect" title="Murak, Syria">Murak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qasr_Abu_Samrah" title="Qasr Abu Samrah">Qasr Abu Samrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qasr_al-Makhram" class="mw-redirect" title="Qasr al-Makhram">Qasr al-Makhram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qubaybat_Abu_al-Huda" title="Qubaybat Abu al-Huda">Qubaybat Abu al-Huda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shatheh" class="mw-redirect" title="Shatheh">Shatheh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taybat_al-Imam" title="Taybat al-Imam">Taybat al-Imam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taybat_al-Ism" title="Taybat al-Ism">Taybat al-Ism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Tulaysiyah" title="Al-Tulaysiyah">al-Tulaysiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umm_Haratayn,_Hama" title="Umm Haratayn, Hama">Umm Haratayn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zor_Abu_Zayd" title="Zor Abu Zayd">Zor Abu Zayd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zor_al-Haysa_al-Sharqiyah" title="Zor al-Haysa al-Sharqiyah">Zor al-Haysa al-Sharqiyah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-center: 108px">Hamraa<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Al-Hamraa" title="Al-Hamraa">Al-Hamraa</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Ajwa" title="Abu Ajwa">Abu Ajwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alala,_Hama" class="mw-redirect" title="Alala, Hama">al-Ala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Anz" title="Al-Anz">al-Anz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arfa" title="Arfa">Arfa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aziziyah,_Hama" title="Aziziyah, Hama">Aziziyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baroudiyah" title="Baroudiyah">Baroudiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayud" title="Bayud">Bayud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dali,_Syria" title="Dali, Syria">Dali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duma,_Hama" title="Duma, Hama">Duma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayda" title="Fayda">Fayda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halabiyah" title="Halabiyah">Halabiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huways_Ibn_Hadib" title="Huways Ibn Hadib">Huways Ibn Hadib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haymaniyah" title="Haymaniyah">Haymaniyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hazim" title="Al-Hazim">al-Hazim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janat_al-Sawarnah" title="Janat al-Sawarnah">Janat al-Sawarnah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubb_al-Uthman" title="Jubb al-Uthman">Jubb al-Uthman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubb_al-Safa,_Hama" title="Jubb al-Safa, Hama">Jubb al-Safa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junaynah" title="Junaynah">Junaynah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jadduah_Shamaliyah" title="Jadduah Shamaliyah">Jadduah Shamaliyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharsan" title="Kharsan">Kharsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maaloula,_Hama" title="Maaloula, Hama">Maaloula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muwaylah_al-Sirwana" title="Muwaylah al-Sirwana">Muwaylah al-Sirwana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maar_Shamali" title="Maar Shamali">Maar Shamali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qanater,_Hama_Governorate" title="Qanater, Hama Governorate">Qanater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qasr_Ali" title="Qasr Ali">Qasr Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qasr_Ibn_Wardan" title="Qasr Ibn Wardan">Qasr Ibn Wardan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabda" title="Rabda">Rabda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasm_Anz" title="Rasm Anz">Rasm Anz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasm_al-Daheriyah" title="Rasm al-Daheriyah">Rasm al-Daheriyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasm_al-Ward" title="Rasm al-Ward">Rasm al-Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruhayyah" title="Ruhayyah">Ruhayyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shihat_al-Hamraa" title="Shihat al-Hamraa">Shihat al-Hamraa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Samaqiyah_al-Qibliyah" title="Al-Samaqiyah al-Qibliyah">al-Samaqiyah al-Qibliyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suruj" title="Suruj">Suruj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarfawi" title="Tarfawi">Tarfawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tharwat,_Syria" title="Tharwat, Syria">Tharwat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulayhat" title="Tulayhat">Tulayhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuwal_Dabaghin" title="Tuwal Dabaghin">Tuwal Dabaghin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umm_Habes" title="Umm Habes">Umm Habes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umm_Turaykat_al-Qibliyah" class="mw-redirect" title="Umm Turaykat al-Qibliyah">Umm Turaykat al-Qibliyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umm_Zahmak" title="Umm Zahmak">Umm Zahmak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Zughbah" title="Al-Zughbah">al-Zughbah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hama-map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Hama Governorate within Syria"><img alt="Hama Governorate within Syria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Hama-map.png/90px-Hama-map.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Hama-map.png/135px-Hama-map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Hama-map.png/180px-Hama-map.png 2x" data-file-width="672" data-file-height="594" /></a></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hama_blank_districts.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Hama Governorate"><img alt="Hama Governorate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Hama_blank_districts.png/90px-Hama_blank_districts.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Hama_blank_districts.png/135px-Hama_blank_districts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Hama_blank_districts.png/180px-Hama_blank_districts.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="576" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="padding-left: 108px;"><div id="Al-Suqaylabiyah_District20" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Al-Suqaylabiyah_District" title="Al-Suqaylabiyah District">Al-Suqaylabiyah District</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-center: 108px">Al-Suqaylabiyah<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Al-Suqaylabiyah" title="Al-Suqaylabiyah">Al-Suqaylabiyah</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abr_Beit_Seif" title="Abr Beit Seif">Abr Beit Seif</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Kleefun" title="Abu Kleefun">Abu Klifun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ammurin" title="Ammurin">Ammurin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annab" title="Annab">Annab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayn_al-Kurum" title="Ayn al-Kurum">Ayn al-Kurum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ein_Warideh" title="Ein Warideh">Ayn Waridah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balluneh" title="Balluneh">Ballunah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breij,_Syria" title="Breij, Syria">Breij</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hurra,_Syria" title="Al-Hurra, Syria">al-Hurra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurat_Ammurin" title="Hurat Ammurin">Hawrat Ammurin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayalin" title="Hayalin">Hayalin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarniyet_Eltar" title="Jarniyet Eltar">Jurniyat al-Tar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karama,_Hama" class="mw-redirect" title="Karama, Hama">Karamah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Khandaq_al-Gharbi" title="Al-Khandaq al-Gharbi">al-Khandaq al-Gharbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Khandaq_al-Sharqiyah" title="Al-Khandaq al-Sharqiyah">al-Khandaq al-Sharqiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khansaa_-_Shetheh" title="Khansaa - Shetheh">Khansaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maksar,_Hama" title="Maksar, Hama">Maksar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mashta_Elshalahmeh" title="Mashta Elshalahmeh">Mashta' al-Shalahmah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabe_al-Tayeb" title="Nabe al-Tayeb">Nabe al-Tayeb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jras_Castle" class="mw-redirect" title="Jras Castle">Qalaat Jaras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rwdt_Eltar" class="mw-redirect" title="Rwdt Eltar">Rawdat al-Tar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elrihana" title="Elrihana">al-Rihana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saidiyeh,_Hama" title="Saidiyeh, Hama">Saidiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salba,_Hama" title="Salba, Hama">Salba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saqiyat_Najm" title="Saqiyat Najm">Saqiyat Najm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahta" title="Shahta">Shahta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Shajar" title="Al-Shajar">al-Shajar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tahunat_al-Halawa" title="Tahunat al-Halawa">Tahunat al-Halawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tal_Kombatri" title="Tal Kombatri">Tell Kumbatri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tal_Eltiten" title="Tal Eltiten">Tell al-Titeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oweina" title="Oweina">Uwaynah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-center: 108px">Shathah<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Shathah" title="Shathah">Shathah</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ein_Jorjin" title="Ein Jorjin">Ayn Jurjin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farikah" title="Farikah">Farikah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haydariyeh" title="Haydariyeh">Haydariyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Elghar" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeb Elghar">Jubb al-Ghar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jurin" title="Jurin">Jurin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mashta_Mahfoz" class="mw-redirect" title="Mashta Mahfoz">Mashta Mahfuz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maradash" title="Maradash">Maradash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naur_Jurin" title="Naur Jurin">Na'ur Jurin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nubl_al-Khatib" title="Nubl al-Khatib">Nubl al-Khatib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatrat_al-Rihan" title="Qatrat al-Rihan">Qatrat al-Rihan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rihana,_Hama" title="Rihana, Hama">Rihana</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-center: 108px">Tell Salhab<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Tell_Salhab" title="Tell Salhab">Tell Salhab</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Qubays,_Syria" title="Abu Qubays, Syria">Abu Qubays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Faraj,_Hama" title="Abu Faraj, Hama">Abu Faraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Asharinah" title="Al-Asharinah">Al-Asharinah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biret_Eljabal" title="Biret Eljabal">Birat al-Jabal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ein_Eljern" title="Ein Eljern">Ayn al-Jurn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawayeq" title="Hawayeq">Hawayeq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hir_Elmosil" title="Hir Elmosil">Hawr al-Mawsil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanayes" title="Kanayes">Kanayes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elkashati" class="mw-redirect" title="Elkashati">al-Kashati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khareb" title="Khareb">Khareb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Latma" title="Al-Latma">al-Latma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mazhal" title="Mazhal">Mazhal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahr_al-Bared,_Syria" title="Nahr al-Bared, Syria">Nahr al-Bared</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasm_Eljern" title="Rasm Eljern">Ras al-Jurn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamaza" title="Tamaza">Tamaza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tobeh" title="Tobeh">Tubah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-center: 108px">Ziyarah<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Al-Ziyarah" title="Al-Ziyarah">Al-Ziyarah</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elaamra" class="mw-redirect" title="Elaamra">al-Amara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Amqiyah_Tahta" title="Al-Amqiyah Tahta">al-Amqiyah Tahta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Ankawi" title="Al-Ankawi">al-Ankawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ojt_Eltoba" title="Ojt Eltoba">Awja al-Tuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Bahsa" title="Al-Bahsa">al-Bahsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barakeh,_Hama" title="Barakeh, Hama">Barakah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duqmaq" title="Duqmaq">Duqmaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duwayr_al-Akrad" title="Duwayr al-Akrad">Duwayr al-Akrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ein_Elhamam" title="Ein Elhamam">Ayn al-Hamaam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fawru" title="Fawru">Fawru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khirbat_al-Naqus" title="Khirbat al-Naqus">Khirbet al-Naqus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansura,_Hama" title="Mansura, Hama">Mansura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marana,_Hama" title="Marana, Hama">Maarana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mashik" title="Mashik">Mashik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qahira,_Syria" title="Al-Qahira, Syria">al-Qahira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qarqur" title="Qarqur">Qarqur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qastal_Elbrj" class="mw-redirect" title="Qastal Elbrj">Qastal al-Burayj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qastun" title="Qastun">Qastun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qalidin" title="Qalidin">Qulaydin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Safsafah,_Hama" title="Al-Safsafah, Hama">al-Safsafa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirmaniyah" title="Sirmaniyah">Sirmaniyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Sindiyana,_Suqaylabiyah" title="Al-Sindiyana, Suqaylabiyah">al-Sindiyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tal_Wassit" title="Tal Wassit">Tell Wasit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zayzun,_Hama" title="Zayzun, Hama">Zayzun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elzaqum" title="Elzaqum">al-Zaqum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-center: 108px">Qalaat al-Madiq<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Qalaat_al-Madiq" title="Qalaat al-Madiq">Qalaat al-Madiq</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashrafiyah,_Hama" title="Ashrafiyah, Hama">Ashrafiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Bani" title="Al-Bani">al-Bani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Aziziyah,_al-Suqaylabiyah" title="Al-Aziziyah, al-Suqaylabiyah">al-Aziziyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bab_al-Taqa" title="Bab al-Taqa">Bab al-Taqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Barid" title="Al-Barid">al-Barid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deir_Sunbul" title="Deir Sunbul">Deir Sunbul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Huwayz" title="Al-Huwayz">al-Huwayz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Huwayz_al-Shamali" title="Al-Huwayz al-Shamali">al-Huwayz al-Shamali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hamra,_al-Suqaylabiyah" title="Al-Hamra, al-Suqaylabiyah">al-Hamra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hawash,_Hama" title="Al-Hawash, Hama">al-Hawash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Humayrat" title="Al-Humayrat">al-Humayrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hurriyah,_Syria" title="Al-Hurriyah, Syria">al-Hurriyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawijah_Fauqa" title="Hawijah Fauqa">Hawijah Fauqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawijah_Sayyad" title="Hawijah Sayyad">Hawijah Sayyad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawijat_al-Sallah" title="Hawijat al-Sallah">Hawijat al-Sallah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamasat_Udayat" title="Jamasat Udayat">Jamasat Udayat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Jayyid" title="Al-Jayyid">al-Jayyid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kafr_Nabudah" title="Kafr Nabudah">Kafr Nabudah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Karim,_Syria" title="Al-Karim, Syria">al-Karim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawri" title="Kawri">Kawri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Kurkat" title="Al-Kurkat">al-Kurkat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mastarihat_Afamiyah" title="Mastarihat Afamiyah">Mastarihat Afamiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midan_Ghazal" title="Midan Ghazal">Midan Ghazal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qabr_Fidda" title="Qabr Fidda">Qabr Fidda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Qahirah,_Hama" title="Al-Qahirah, Hama">al-Qahirah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qiratah" title="Qiratah">Qiratah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Ramlah,_Syria" title="Al-Ramlah, Syria">al-Ramlah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Rasif" title="Al-Rasif">al-Rasif</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Salihiyah,_Hama" title="Al-Salihiyah, Hama">Salihiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahariyah" title="Sahariyah">Sahariyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahranaz" title="Shahranaz">Shahranaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Sha%27irah" title="Al-Sha'irah">al-Sha'irah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Huwash" title="Tell Huwash">Tell Huwash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamana_al-Ghab" title="Tamana al-Ghab">Tamana al-Ghab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Thawrah,_Hama_Governorate" title="Al-Thawrah, Hama Governorate">al-Thuwarah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Tuwayni" title="Al-Tuwayni">al-Tuwayni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Zitiyah" title="Al-Zitiyah">al-Zitiyah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="padding-left: 108px;"><div id="Masyaf_District20" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Masyaf_District" title="Masyaf District">Masyaf District</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: lavender;">Masyaf<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Masyaf</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anbura" title="Anbura">Anbura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Bayda,_Hama" title="Al-Bayda, Hama">al-Bayda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Bayyadiyah" title="Al-Bayyadiyah">al-Bayyadiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biqraqa" title="Biqraqa">Biqraqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Bustan,_Syria" title="Al-Bustan, Syria">al-Bustan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biqasqas" title="Biqasqas">Biqasqas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deir_Huwayt" title="Deir Huwayt">Deir Huwayt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deir_Mama" title="Deir Mama">Deir Mama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deir_al-Salib" title="Deir al-Salib">Deir al-Salib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Findara" title="Al-Findara">al-Findara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayalin,_Masyaf" title="Hayalin, Masyaf">Hayalin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Haylunah" title="Al-Haylunah">al-Haylunah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Hurayf" title="Al-Hurayf">al-Hurayf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jobet_Kalakh" title="Jobet Kalakh">Jobet Kalakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kafr_Aqid" title="Kafr Aqid">Kafr Aqid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Laqbah" title="Al-Laqbah">al-Laqbah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mashta_Deir_Mama" title="Mashta Deir Mama">Mashta Deir Mama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matna,_Hama" class="mw-redirect" title="Matna, Hama">Matna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Nahda,_Syria" title="Al-Nahda, Syria">al-Nahda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qabu_Shamsiyah" title="Qabu Shamsiyah">Qabu Shamsiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qayrun" title="Qayrun">Qayrun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qurtuman" title="Qurtuman">Qurtuman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabu" title="Rabu">Rabu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Rusafa,_Syria" title="Al-Rusafa, Syria">al-Rusafa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Shamsiyah" title="Al-Shamsiyah">al-Shamsiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Shiha" title="Al-Shiha">al-Shiha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sighata" title="Sighata">Sighata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Suwaydah,_Masyaf" title="Al-Suwaydah, Masyaf">al-Suwaydah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tayr_Jamlah" title="Tayr Jamlah">Tayr Jamlah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tayr_Jubbah" title="Tayr Jubbah">Tayr Jubbah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Afar,_Syria" title="Tell Afar, Syria">Tell Afar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Zamaliyah" title="Al-Zamaliyah">al-Zamaliyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Zaynah" title="Al-Zaynah">al-Zaynah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: lavender;">Awj<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Awj" title="Awj">Awj</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akakir" title="Akakir">Akakir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baarin" title="Baarin">Baarin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishanin" title="Bishanin">Bishanin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huwayr_al-Turukman" title="Huwayr al-Turukman">Huwayr al-Turukman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kafr_Kamra" title="Kafr Kamra">Kafr Kamra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khirbet_Nisaf" title="Khirbet Nisaf">Khirbet Nisaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanazir" title="Khanazir">Khanazir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nisaf" title="Nisaf">Nisaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qarmas" title="Qarmas">Qarmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qasraya" title="Qasraya">Qasraya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taunah" title="Taunah">Ta'unah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zor_Baarin" title="Zor Baarin">Zor Baarin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: lavender;">Ayn Halaqim<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Ain_Halaqim" title="Ain Halaqim">Ain Halaqim</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayn_al-Shams" title="Ayn al-Shams">Ayn al-Shams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aq_Duqar" title="Aq Duqar">Aq Duqar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheq_Omar" title="Asheq Omar">Asheq Omar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baamrah" title="Baamrah">Ba'amrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barshin" title="Barshin">Barshin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayt_Atiq" title="Bayt Atiq">Bayt Atiq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bayt_Natar" title="Bayt Natar">Bayt Natar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Dulaybah" title="Al-Dulaybah">al-Dulaybah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermel,_Syria" title="Hermel, Syria">Hermel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hikr_Bayt_Atiq" title="Hikr Bayt Atiq">Hikr Bayt Atiq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kahf_al-Habash" title="Kahf al-Habash">Kahf al-Habash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khirbet_Hazur" class="mw-redirect" title="Khirbet Hazur">Khirbet Hazur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Majawi" title="Al-Majawi">al-Majawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Mashrafah,_Hama_Governorate" title="Al-Mashrafah, Hama Governorate">al-Mashrafah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qasr_al-Ayan" title="Qasr al-Ayan">Qasr al-Ayan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tin_al-Sabil" title="Tin al-Sabil">Tin al-Sabil</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: lavender;">Jubb Ramlah<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Jubb_Ramlah" title="Jubb Ramlah">Jubb Ramlah</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alamiyeh" title="Alamiyeh">Alamiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asilah,_Syria" title="Asilah, Syria">Asilah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deir_Shamil" title="Deir Shamil">Deir Shamil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimu,_Syria" title="Dimu, Syria">Dimu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanjur" title="Hanjur">Hanjur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazana" title="Hazana">Hizanu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jelmidon" title="Jelmidon">Julaymadun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jreijes" title="Jreijes">Jarajis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanfo" title="Kanfo">Kanafu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khan_Jleimdun" title="Khan Jleimdun">Khan Jalaymadun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maarin" title="Maarin">Maarin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahrusah" title="Mahrusah">Mahrusah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mushashin" title="Mushashin">Mushashin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qrayat" class="mw-redirect" title="Qrayat">Qurayyat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qren" title="Qren">Qurin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarmiyeh" title="Sarmiyeh">Sarmiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sulukiyeh" title="Sulukiyeh">Sulukiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uqayrabah" title="Uqayrabah">Uqayrabah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zahraa" title="Zahraa">Zahraa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zawi,_Hama" title="Zawi, Hama">Zawi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: lavender;">Wadi al-Uyun<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wadi_al-Uyun" title="Wadi al-Uyun">Wadi al-Uyun</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ameriyeh,_Hama" title="Ameriyeh, Hama">Ammuriyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ein_El-Bayda" title="Ein El-Bayda">Ayn al-Bayda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ein_Farraj" title="Ein Farraj">Ayn Farraj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ein_Elkaram" title="Ein Elkaram">Ayn al-Karam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bashawi" title="Bashawi">Bashawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beit_Raqta" class="mw-redirect" title="Beit Raqta">Bayt Raqata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breizeh" title="Breizeh">Barayzah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bit_Elwadi" title="Bit Elwadi">Bir al-Wadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birat_al-Jurd" title="Birat al-Jurd">Birat al-Jurd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dweir_Elmashayekh" title="Dweir Elmashayekh">Duwayr al-Mashayekh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jbita,_Hama" title="Jbita, Hama">Jabita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kafr_Laha,_Hama" title="Kafr Laha, Hama">Kafr Laha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kameliyeh" title="Kameliyeh">Kamaliyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marha,_Hama" title="Marha, Hama">Marha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meisreh" title="Meisreh">Maysara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naqir" title="Naqir">Naqir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qossiyeh" title="Qossiyeh">Qussiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Sindiyana,_Masyaf" title="Al-Sindiyana, Masyaf">al-Sindiyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamarqiyeh" title="Tamarqiyeh">Tamarqiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zaytuneh" title="Zaytuneh">Zaytuna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="padding-left: 108px;"><div id="Mahardah_District20" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Mahardah_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahardah District">Mahardah District</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: lavender;">Mahardah<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Mahardah" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahardah">Mahardah</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Ubaydah,_Syria" title="Abu Ubaydah, Syria">Abu Ubaydah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Rubays" title="Abu Rubays">Abu Rubays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Arid" title="Al-Arid">al-Arid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halfaya" title="Halfaya">Halfaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huwat" title="Huwat">Huwat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Judaydah,_Mahardah" title="Al-Judaydah, Mahardah">al-Judaydah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kafr_Hud" title="Kafr Hud">Kafr Hud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khirbet_Subin" title="Khirbet Subin">Khirbet Subin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khunayzir" title="Khunayzir">Khunayzir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maarzaf" title="Maarzaf">Maarzaf</a> (<span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Al-Qubeir" title="Al-Qubeir">al-Qubeir</a></span>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Majdal,_Syria" title="Al-Majdal, Syria">al-Majdal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaizar" title="Shaizar">Shaizar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shir,_Syria" title="Shir, Syria">Shir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safsafiyah" title="Safsafiyah">Safsafiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Malah" title="Tell Malah">Tell Malah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Sikkin" title="Tell Sikkin">Tell Sikkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tremseh" title="Tremseh">Tremseh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zilaqiat" title="Zilaqiat">Zilaqiat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zawr_al-Qaadah" title="Zawr al-Qaadah">Zawr al-Qaadah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: lavender;">Kafr Zita<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Kafr_Zita" title="Kafr Zita">Kafr Zita</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arbain,_Syria" title="Arbain, Syria">Arba'in</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamamiyat" title="Hamamiyat">Hamamiyat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latmin" title="Latmin">Latmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Sayyad" title="Al-Sayyad">al-Sayyad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Zakah" title="Al-Zakah">al-Zakah</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: lavender;">Karnaz<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Karnaz" title="Karnaz">Karnaz</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Asman" title="Al-Asman">al-Asman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Jalamah,_Syria" title="Al-Jalamah, Syria">al-Jalamah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubbayn" title="Jubbayn">Jubbayn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Lataminah" title="Al-Lataminah">al-Lataminah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Mughayr" title="Al-Mughayr">al-Mughayr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaykh_Hadid" title="Shaykh Hadid">Shaykh Hadid</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/Salamiyah" title="Salamiyah">Salamiyah</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Kasun" title="Ali Kasun">Ali Kasun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardunah" title="Bardunah">Bardunah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Buwaydah" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Buwaydah">Buwaydah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunaybah" title="Dunaybah">Dunaybah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danin,_Hama" title="Danin, Hama">Danin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dweibeh" title="Dweibeh">Duwaybah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fan_Qibli" title="Fan Qibli">Fan Qibli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fan_Wastani" title="Fan Wastani">Fan Wastani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Ghawi" title="Al-Ghawi">al-Ghawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halban,_Hama" title="Halban, Hama">Halban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamala,_Hama" title="Jamala, Hama">Jamala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Kafat" title="Al-Kafat">al-Kafat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karim,_Salamiyah" title="Karim, Salamiyah">Karim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khafiyeh" title="Khafiyeh">Khafiyah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khunayfis" title="Khunayfis">Khunayfis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaytalun" title="Kaytalun">Kaytalun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Malih" title="Al-Malih">al-Malih</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marj_Mattar" title="Marj Mattar">Marj Mattar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nawa,_Salamiyah" title="Nawa, Salamiyah">Nawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qablahat" title="Qablahat">Qablahat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qubbat_al-Kurdi" title="Qubbat al-Kurdi">Qubbat al-Kurdi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Rubbah" title="Al-Rubbah">al-Rubbah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Sabil" title="Al-Sabil">al-Sabil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safawi,_Hama" title="Safawi, Hama">Safawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samneh,_Hama" title="Samneh, Hama">Samnah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakara,_Hama" title="Shakara, Hama">Shakara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaykh_Ali" title="Shaykh Ali">Shaykh Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sibaa" class="mw-redirect" title="Sibaa">Sibaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Rih" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheikh Rih">Shaykh Rih</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smakh" title="Smakh">Smakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunaydah" title="Sunaydah">Sunaydah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Ada" title="Tell Ada">Tell Ada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Dahab,_Hama" title="Tell Dahab, Hama">Tell Dahab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Hasan_Basha" title="Tell Hasan Basha">Tell Hasan Basha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Khaznah" title="Tell Khaznah">Tell Khaznah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tell_Sinan" title="Tell Sinan">Tell Sinan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taldara" title="Taldara">Taldara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirad" title="Tirad">Tirad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thawra,_Salamiyah" title="Thawra, Salamiyah">Thawra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theil_Elejel" title="Theil Elejel">Thayl al-Jal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiba_Elturki" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiba Elturki">Tiba al-Turki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuba,_Hama" title="Tuba, Hama">Tuba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulul_al-Humur" title="Tulul al-Humur">Tulul al-Humur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umm_al-Amad,_Salamiyah" title="Umm al-Amad, Salamiyah">Umm al-Amad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Um_Tweineh" class="mw-redirect" title="Um Tweineh">Umm Tuwaynah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Uwayr" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Uwayr">al-Uwayr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zighrin" title="Zighrin">Zighrin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background: lavender;">Barri<br />Subdistrict</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Barri_Sharqi" title="Barri Sharqi">Barri Sharqi</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Hanaya" title="Abu Hanaya">Abu Hanaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Hbeilat" title="Abu Hbeilat">Abu Habilat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akash,_Hama" title="Akash, 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href="/wiki/Sabburah" title="Sabburah">Sabburah</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Khanadiq" title="Abu Khanadiq">Abu Khanadiq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aqarib" title="Aqarib">Aqarib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fawrah" title="Fawrah">Fawrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Judaydah,_Salamiyah" title="Al-Judaydah, Salamiyah">al-Judaydah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jadduah" title="Jadduah">Jadduah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeb_Zreiq" title="Jeb Zreiq">Jubb Zurayq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessine" title="Jessine">Jissin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khneifis_Eldosa" class="mw-redirect" title="Khneifis Eldosa">Khunayfis al-Dawsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mabujah" title="Mabujah">Mabujah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qanafeth" title="Qanafeth">Qanafath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qubaybat" title="Qubaybat">Qubaybat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salba,_Salamiyah" title="Salba, Salamiyah">Salba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samiriyeh" class="mw-redirect" title="Samiriyeh">Samiriyah</a></li> 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