{{Other uses|Mazraa (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox settlement <!--See Template:Infobox Settlement for additional fields that may be available--> <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Mazraat Meshref |official_name = |other_name = |native_name = مزرعة مشرف |nickname = |settlement_type = Municipality |total_type = <!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows --> |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Lebanon |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Lebanon}} | subdivision_type1 = Governorate | subdivision_name1 = South Governorate | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Tyre <!-- Smaller parts (e.g. boroughs of a city) and seat of government --> |seat_type = |seat = |parts_type = |parts_style = <!-- =list (for list), coll (for collapsed list), para (for paragraph format) Default is list if up to 5 items, coll if more than 5--> |parts = <!-- parts text, or header for parts list --> |p1 = |p2 = <!-- etc. up to p50: for separate parts to be listed--> <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = <!--add (no-break space) to leader names to disable automatic links--> |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = <!-- Settled --> |established_date = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial<!--Enter: Imperial, to display imperial before metric--> |area_footnotes = <ref name=localiban>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180520121758/http://www.localiban.org/article203.html Mazraat El Mechref (archive.org)], Localiban</ref> |area_total_km2 = 12.65<!-- ALL fields with measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 =<!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = <!-- Elevation --------------------------> |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=localiban/> |elevation_m = 400 |elevation_ft = |elevation_max_m = |elevation_max_ft = |elevation_min_m = |elevation_min_ft = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = |population_footnotes = |population_note = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = <!--For automatic calculation, any density field may contain: auto --> |population_density_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = GMT +3 |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coor_type = <!-- can be used to specify what the coordinates refer to --> |coordinates = {{coord|33|12|33|N|35|20|10|E|type:city_region:LB|display=inline,title}} | grid_position = <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> |postal_code = |area_code = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Mazraat Meshref''' ({{langx|ar|مزرعة مشرف|Mazraʿat Meshref}}) is a municipality in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon. ==Etymology== According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name ''Mezrah'' means "the sown land".<ref>Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft/page/30/mode/1up?view=theater 30]</ref> ==History== "In the Wady Ashur, west of Mezrah, may be seen the most important rock sculpture in the whole of the country round Tyre. It is a cdla or niche cut in the rock, below a great cavern cut out of the wall of the valley. The end of the niche is entirely occupied by a carving, which has an Egyptian appearance. The head-dresses especially of the principal personage, who is represented sitting, are quite those of Egypt, and greatly resemble the ''pschent''. Like all these Egypto-Phoenician sculptures, that of the Wady Ashur has the winged globe. The whole greatly resembles the Egyptian door of Umm el Awamid. Unfortunately the carving is in a very bad state. It has for centuries served as a mark for the Metawileh who traverse the valley, and in hatred of idolatry, think they must fire a shot at it".<ref>Renan, 1864, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UpxZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA640 640], as given in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/136/mode/1up 136]</ref>
In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described ''Mezrah'': "A small village, built of stone, on hill-top, spring, birket, and cisterns, with many ruined houses; it contains about 100 Metawileh. There are olives, figs, and arable land around."<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/93/mode/1up 93]</ref> They further noted: "There are ruined houses, lintels of well-dressed stone, and some cisterns in this village."<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/136/mode/1up 136]</ref>
==Demographics== In 2014, Muslims made up 99.33% of registered voters in Mazraat Meshref. 97.40% of the voters were Shiite Muslims.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lub-anan.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B8%D8%A7%D8%AA/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1/%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%81/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%A8/|title=التوزيع حسب المذاهب للناخبين/ناخبات في بلدة مزرعة مشرف، قضاء صور محافظة الجنوب في لبنان|website=إعْرَفْ لبنان}}</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}} *{{cite book |last=Renan|first=E.|authorlink=Ernest Renan |title=Mission de Phénicie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UpxZAAAAYAAJ |year=1864|publisher= Imprimerie impériale |location=Paris |language=French}} {{refend}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180520121758/http://www.localiban.org/article203.html Mazraat El Mechref (archive.org)], 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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905023101/http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8365 |date=2018-09-05 }}, [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.02.jpg Wikimedia commons] {{Tyre District}} Category:Populated places in Tyre District Category:Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon