{{Infobox settlement | name = Al-Bayyad |other_name = Al-Baiyad | native_name = البياض | native_name_lang = ara<!-- ISO 639-2 code: "fr" for French, "ara" for Arabic --> | settlement_type = Municipality | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = Lebanon | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = Map showing the location of Bayyad within Lebanon | pushpin_map_caption = Location within Lebanon | coordinates = {{coord|33|12|15|N|35|19|42|E|region:LB_type:city|display=inline,title}} | grid_position = 180/290 PAL | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagcountry|Lebanon}} | subdivision_type1 = Governorate | subdivision_name1 = South Governorate | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Tyre District | established_title = <!-- Founded --> | established_date = | founder = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | timezone1 = EET | utc_offset1 = +2 | timezone1_DST = EEST | utc_offset1_DST = +3 | postal_code_type = Postal code | postal_code = | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = +9617 | website = | footnotes = }}
'''Al-Bayyad''' ({{langx|ar|البياض|al-Bayyāḍ}}) is a municipality in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.
==Etymology== E. H. Palmer wrote that the name means "the white spot".<ref>Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/32/mode/1up 32]</ref>
==History== In 1881, during the late Ottoman era, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, with many ruined houses [..], containing about 100 Metawileh, situated on hill-top, surrounded by fig-trees, olives, and arable land ; water supplied from cisterns."<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/91/mode/1up 91]</ref>
They further noted: "There are many ruined houses at this village, and a lintel with three crosses upon it, the centre being the largest. Foundations of rough-hewn stones of some building."<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/114/mode/1up 114]</ref>
==Demographics== In 2014 Muslims made up 99.58% of registered voters in Al-Bayyad. 99.17% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.<ref>https://lub-anan.com/المحافظات/الجنوب/صور/البياض/المذاهب/</ref>
==References== {{reflist|25em}}
==Bibliography== {{refbegin}} *{{cite book|last1=Conder|first1=C.R.|authorlink1=Claude Reignier Conder|last2=Kitchener|first2=H.H.|authorlink2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp01conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology|location=London|publisher=Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund|volume=1}} *{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=E.H.|authorlink=Edward Henry Palmer|year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer|publisher=Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund}} {{refend}}
==External links== *[http://www.localiban.org/article3542.html Biyad], Localiban *Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8365 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.02.jpg Wikimedia commons] {{Tyre District}}
Category:Populated places in the Israeli security zone 1985–2000 Category:Populated places in Tyre District Category:Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon