Masikah () is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Izraa District in the Daraa Governorate. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Masikah had a population of 1,606 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 Musayk and was part of the nahiya of Bani Abdullah in the Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 10 households and 2 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat (1800 a.), barley (540 a.), summer crops (60 a.), goats and beehives (254 a.), in addition to "occasional revenues" (100 a.); the taxes totalled 2,754 akçe. 5/24 of the revenue went to a waqf.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 215
In 1838, it was noted as a ruin, Museikeh, situated "in the Lejah, west of Dama".Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 156
Religious buildings Al-Madares Mosque Mosque in Masikah al-Gharibiyah Mosque in Masikah ash-Sharqiyah
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External links Izraa-map, 20M