Al-Kharsa

Al-Kharsa () is a village situated in the Shahba District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Al-Kharsa had a population of 547 in the 2004 census.General Census of Population and Housing 2004 . Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Al-Suwayda Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze, with a Sunni Muslim Bedouin minority. History In 1596, Najran appeared in Ottoman tax registers under the name of Harsa, as being in the nahiya of Bani Miglad in the Qada Hawran. It had a population of 13 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on various agricultural products, such as wheat (750 a.), barley (180 a.), summer crops (150 a.), goats and beehives (50 a.), in addition to "occasional revenues" (70 a.); a total of 1,200 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 218

In 1838, it was noted as a ruin, el-Khursa, situated "in the Lejah, east of Dama".Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 156 Religious buildings Maqam Umm al-Kabash (Druze Shrine) Omar ibn al-Khattab Mosque

Al-Kharsa

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