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262:-era ruins and artifacts have been found in Urman. However, unlike other towns in the vicinity, Urman's inhabitants did not convert to Christianity by the 4th century, as indicated by an absence of Christian symbols and edifices. Paganism was practiced in the village until at least 517, as evidenced by stone inscriptions from Urman. There were Arab tribesmen in the village, but it is not clear if they formed all or part of the population.
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In June 1896, a revolt in the Jabal broke out following a clash between residents of Urman and local
Bedouin tribesmen. When the Ottomans dispatched fifty gendarmes to arrest the sheikhs of Urman, the latter's defenders destroyed the Ottoman unit. One hundred fifty more Ottoman troops were sent to
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subdue Urman, but before they could reach the village, they were slain by Druze rebels commanded by a niece of Sheikh Shibli al-Atrash. A subsequent punitive campaign by the
Ottoman authorities inflicted heavy losses on the Druze inhabitants and rebels, who largely fled their villages to the
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population consisting of seventeen households and seven bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats, beehives and a water-mill; the taxes totaled 16,500
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and 250 of his horsemen entered the village and were tracked there by two French reconnaissance planes; al-Atrash's fighters fired at the circling planes, shooting one down. The day after, al-Atrash's troops captured
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revolt. The village's rebel leader was
Ibrahim al-Jarmaqani. The village was restored to al-Atrash control, but many of its peasant inhabitants came to become landowners independent from the al-Atrash sheikhs.
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1028:al-Salmiyah
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1255:al-Duwayri
1220:al-Tha'lah
1195:Rimat Hazm
1103:Al-Suwayda
1043:al-Ushayib
1013:Khalkhalah
833:Umm Dubayb
808:al-Matunah
681:Wright, W.
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178:Population
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1622:al-Harisi
1512:al-Afinah
1472:al-Rafqah
1442:al-Karbis
1380:Umm Riwaq
1330:al-Kassib
1304:Mushannaf
1265:al-Majdal
943:al-Hayyat
883:al-Kharsa
868:Deir Dama
857:Al-Ariqah
823:Suwaymrah
652:Smith, E.
374:Venezuela
370:Argentina
305:Eli Smith
260:Byzantine
1657:Tulaylin
1637:Qaysamah
1531:Ghariyah
1496:Qurayyah
1482:Shanirah
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