Qaysamma () is a village situated in the Salkhad District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Qaysamma had a population of 1,178 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze. History In 1596 Qaysamma appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Qaysama, as part of the nahiya of Bani Malik as-Sadir in the Qada Hauran. It had an all Muslim population consisting of 10 households and 2 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 20% on wheat, a total of 3,900 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 211 Religious buildings Maqam Prophet Shuaib (Druze Shrine)

See also Druze in Syria

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