An-Najih

An-Najih () 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), An-Najih had a population of 603 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 Nujaym (Nujayj). part of the nahiya (subdistrict) of Bani Kilab in Hauran Sanjak. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 25 households and 14 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on wheat (5500 a.), barley (1260 a.), summer crops (190 a.), goats and/or beehives (300 a.), in addition to "occasional revenues" (350 a.); a total of 7,650 akçe. Half of the revenue went to a waqf.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 209

In 1838, En-Nujeih was noted as having Muslim inhabitants, and situated "in the Luhf, west of the Lejah".Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 155

Religious buildings Abu Hurairah Mosque

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External links Ezraa-map, 20M

External links Ezraa-map, 20M