Umm ar-Rumman () is a village situated in the Salkhad District of Suwayda Governorate, in southern Syria. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Umm ar-Rumman had a population of 1,775 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 , while Christians and Sunni Muslim Bedouins represent a minority. History In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Rumman and was part of the nahiya of Bani Malik as-Sadir in the Qada Hauran. It had an all Muslim population consisting of 40 households and 5 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 20% on wheat (11250 a.), barley 5400 a.), summer crops (2000 a.), goats and/or beehives (400 a.), in addition to "occasional revenues" (500 a.); a total of 19,550 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 211

In 1838 Um er-Rumman was noted as a "ruin or deserted", located in the Nukrah, south of Busrah.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, pp. 112, 154 the Nukrah being the southern Hauran plain.

Religious buildings St. George Greek Orthodox Churchhttps://albishara.net/church/details/3126 Maqam Ayyub/Job (Druze Shrine)

See also Druze in Syria

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