Belad Bechara

Belad Bechara, also spelled Bilad Beshara (Arabic: بلاد بشارة‎), is a popular and historic name for a mountainous region in Jabal Amel in Southern Lebanon.

Etymology

Some historians believe that the name Belad Bechara means the "Country of the Gospel" in reference to the teaching and revelation of Christ in the region while others believe it is in reference to an Ayyubid Prince by the name of Bechara.[1]

Geography
Ain Ebel, a village in Belad Bechara

Belad Bechara is the mountainous region that lies south of the Litani River, extending southward to Upper Galilee, and including the Hula Valley, Hunin, and Tiberias.[2]

History

According to Abrahamic traditions, Belad Bechara is the northernmost part of the Promised Land, which was the division of the tribes of Azer and Naphtali, and later took the name of Upper Galilee.[3]

See also

References
  1. Al-Faqih, Mohamad Taqi. History of Jabal Amel, Dar Al-Adwaa, Beirut page 380
  2. Sader, Elias. The Revolution of Jabal Amel, 1920, Beirut, Lebanon, page 18
  3. Ledochowski, Wladmir. Lettres de Jersey, Volume 2, "II-Au Belad-Bechara," Jules de Meester & Fils, 25 December 1924, page 391
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