Al-Mlaihah ash-Sharqiyah () is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Mlaihah ash-Sharqiyah had a population of 2,408 in the 2004 census. General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Daraa Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.
History In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Malihat az-Zaytun and was part of the nahiya of Bani Malik al-Asraf in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 56 households and 22 bachelors. The villagers paid taxes on various agricultural products, including wheat (6000 a.), barley (900 a.), summer crops (2000 a.), goats and beehives (500 a.) in addition to "occasional revenues" (600 a.); a total of 10,000 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 213
In 1838, it was noted as being east of ash-Shaykh Miskin, with a Sunni Muslim population.Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 152
Religious buildings Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Mosque Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi Mosque
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External links El Karak-map; 21m