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Kafr Shams

Field	Value
official_name	Kafr Shams
native_name	كفر شمس
pushpin_map	Syria
pushpin_mapsize	250
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Syria
subdivision_type1	Governorate
subdivision_name1	Daraa
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Sanamayn
subdivision_type3	Subdistrict
subdivision_name3	Sanamayn
settlement_type	Town
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref	Metric
population_as_of	2004 census
population_total	12435
population_footnotes
timezone	AST
utc_offset	+3
coordinates
grid_position	253/280 PAL
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	800
postal_code_type

Kafr Shams (, also spelled Kfar Shams or Kafr ash-Shams) is a town in southern Syria administratively belonging to the as-Sanamayn District of the Daraa Governorate. It is 16 km northwest of as-Sanamayn, just east of the Golan Heights and situated between Damascus and Daraa. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Kafr Shams had a population of 12,435 in the 2004 census. The town's inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.

History

Byzantine period

Kafr Shams experienced a construction boom during the rule of the Byzantine Empire, particularly during the reign of Justinian I, mostly focused on large rural housing. The town was dominated by the Ghassanids, an Arab Christian vassal kingdom of the Byzantines. The Ghassanids built a major Monophysite monastery there around 570 CE.

Ottoman era

In 1838, Kefr Shems was noted as a village in the el-Jeidur district.

In 1897, German archaeologist Gottlieb Schumacher reported Kafr Shams had a population of 600 Muslims living in 120 to 130 huts. Ancient ruins and subterranean arches were noted in the village and the two Ghassanid monasteries were still largely intact.

Modern era

During the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Kafr Shams was the scene of clashes between the Israeli Army and the joint forces of the Jordanian, Iraqi and Syrian armies.

Civil war

Main article: Syrian civil war

Many residents of Kafr Shams participated in protests against the Syrian government as part of the Syrian revolution.

Religious buildings

Old Mosque
Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque
Usama ibn Zayd Mosque
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Mosque

References

Bibliography

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305082831/http://cbssyr.sy/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB12-9-2004.htm General Census of Population and Housing 2004] {{webarchive. link. (2013-01-12 . [[Central Bureau of Statistics (Syria)). Syria Central Bureau of Statistics]] (CBS). Daraa Governorate. {{in lang. ar
Banaji, 2007, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=TaElMgmwKdIC&pg=PA17 17]
Shahid, 2002, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=pfwAG3-rpzcC&pg=PA203 203]
Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/149/mode/1up 149]
Schumacher, 1897, p. [https://archive.org/stream/quarterlystateme29pale#page/n231/mode/1up 194]
Thompson, p.235.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20120307044427/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9124226/Syrians-protest-amid-reports-of-army-push-on-Deraa.html Syrians protest amid reports of army push on Deraa]. ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''. 2012-03-05.

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