Al-Fardis, Hasbaya
Al-Fardis (Arabic: الفرديس) is a municipality the Hasbaya District in Lebanon.In 1838, during the Ottoman era, Eli Smith noted the population of Al-Fardis as Druze and "Greek" Christians.[1] In 1852 Edward Robinson noted it as a village on the road between Rashaya al-Foukhar and Hasbaya, located directly east of Kaukaba.[2] In 1875, Victor Guérin noted it as small village, inhabited by "Schismatic Greek" and Druse.[3] In 1988, when the no:Norbatt part of UNIFIL was stationed there, the village had 500 inhabitants, all Druze.
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