# Nimer

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Not to be confused with [Namer, Daraa](/source/Namer%2C_Daraa).

Town in Daraa, Syria

Nimer نمر Town Nimer Coordinates: 33°1′20″N 36°1′47″E / 33.02222°N 36.02972°E / 33.02222; 36.02972 Grid position 246/269 PAL Country Syria Governorate Daraa District Izraa Subdistrict Jasim Population (2004 census)[1] • Total 7,941 Time zone UTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)

**Nimer** ([Arabic](/source/Arabic_language): نمر, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Arabic): *Nāmr*, also transliterated *Namr* or *Nimr*), is a town in southern [Syria](/source/Syria), administratively belonging to the [Izraa District](/source/Izraa_District) of the [Daraa Governorate](/source/Daraa_Governorate). According to the [Syria Central Bureau of Statistics](/source/Central_Bureau_of_Statistics_(Syria)) (CBS), Nimer had a population of 7,941 in the 2004 census.[1] Its inhabitants are predominantly [Sunni Muslims](/source/Sunni_Muslims).

## History

Nimer, according to Biblical accounts, where it is named 'Nimre' or '[Beth Nimrah](/source/Beth_Nimrah)', was a fortified center lying amid sheep pastures and surrounded by meadows. These accounts hold it was destroyed in a conflict in the 13th century BCE and then reconstructed in 1230 BCE by a grandson of [Jacob](/source/Jacob).[2]

The village was placed by the 10th-century historian [al-Mas'udi](/source/Al-Mas'udi) a few miles to the north of [Jabiya](/source/Jabiya) and Nawa in the district of [Jawlan](/source/Jawlan) (Golan Heights). Nimer was used by the [Zengid](/source/Zengid) emir [Nur al-Din](/source/Nur_al-Din_Zangi) as an army encampment for his military campaigns to Egypt in 1168 and 1170.[3]

### Ottoman period

In 1596 Nimer appeared under the name of *Namar* in the [Ottoman](/source/Ottoman_Syria) [tax registers](/source/Defter) being in the *[nahiya](/source/Nahiya)* of *Jaydur* in the [Hauran Sanjak](/source/Hauran_Sanjak). It had an entirely [Muslim](/source/Muslim) population consisting of 36 households and 20 bachelors. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as [wheat](/source/Wheat) (12,000 [akçe](/source/Ak%C3%A7e)), [barley](/source/Barley) (2,070 a.), summer crops (930 a.), goats and beehives (600 a.); in addition to "occasional revenues" (540 a.); a total of 16,140 akçe. 7/24 of the revenue went to a [waqf](/source/Waqf).[4]

## Geography

### Location

Nimer is located in the Nuqrah, the wide plain of the southern [Hauran](/source/Hauran). It is situated south of [Aqraba](/source/Aqraba%2C_Syria) and [al-Harra](/source/Al-Harra%2C_Syria) and north of [Nawa](/source/Nawa%2C_Daraa). It lies near the southern foot of [Tell al-Hara](/source/Tell_al-Hara) (the highest elevation in Hauran plains), east of the [Nahr al-Allan](/source/Nahr_al-Allan) stream and west of the [Lajat](/source/Lajat) volcanic field.[2]

## Religious buildings

- Omar ibn al-Khattab Mosque

- Al-Taqwa Mosque

- Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Mosque

- Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque

- Uthman ibn Affan Mosque

- Ibad al-Rahman Mosque

- Zayd ibn Thabit Mosque

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CBS_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CBS_1-1) [General Census of Population and Housing 2004](https://web.archive.org/web/20160305082831/http://cbssyr.sy/new%20web%20site/General_census/census_2004/NH/TAB12-13-2004.htm) [Deprecated link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Archive.today_guidance) archived 2013-01-12 at [archive.today](/source/Archive.today). [Syria Central Bureau of Statistics](/source/Central_Bureau_of_Statistics_(Syria)) (CBS). Daraa Governorate. (in Arabic)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElisséeff1993946_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElisséeff1993946_2-1) [Elisséeff 1993](#CITEREFElisséeff1993), p. 946.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEElisséeff1993947_3-0)** [Elisséeff 1993](#CITEREFElisséeff1993), p. 947.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHütterothAbdulfattah1977208_4-0)** [Hütteroth & Abdulfattah 1977](#CITEREFHütterothAbdulfattah1977), p. 208.

## Bibliography

- Elisséeff, N. (1993). ["Namāra—3. Modern Nāmir (Namr, Nimr) al-Hawāʾ"](https://referenceworks.brill.com/search?q=Nam%C4%81ra%E2%80%943.+Modern+N%C4%81mir+%28Namr%2C+Nimr%29+al-Haw%C4%81%CA%BE&source=%2Fdb%2Feieo). In [Bosworth, C. E.](/source/C._E._Bosworth); [van Donzel, E.](/source/Emeri_Johannes_van_Donzel); [Heinrichs, W. P.](/source/Wolfhart_Heinrichs) & [Pellat, Ch.](/source/Charles_Pellat) (eds.). *[The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition](/source/The_Encyclopaedia_of_Islam#2nd_edition,_EI2).*Volume VII:*Mif–Naz*. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 944–947. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-90-04-09419-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-04-09419-2).

- [Hütteroth, W.-D.](/source/Wolf-Dieter_H%C3%BCtteroth); [Abdulfattah, K.](/source/Kamal_Abdulfattah) (1977). [*Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century*](https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ). Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [3-920405-41-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-920405-41-2).

## External links

- [Sanameine-map, 19L](http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview/?pi=nla.map-vn745520-s19lc-v)

v t e Daraa Governorate Capital: Daraa As-Sanamayn District Sanamayn Subdistrict As-Sanamayn Bassir Burqa Eib al-Harra Inkhil Judayyah Tubna Kafr Shams Khabab al-Qaniyah Qayta Samlin Zimrin Ghabaghib Subdistrict Ghabaghib Alqin Aqraba Deir al-Adas Deir al-Bukht Jabab Kafr Nasij Kammunah Mankat al-Hatab Manshiyat al-Sabil al-Mal Muthabin al-Qaziyah al-Tiha Masmiyah Subdistrict al-Masmiyah Bali Burraq Buwaydan Shaarah Izraa District Izraa Subdistrict Izraa Asem Buser al-Harir Al-Buwair Hamer Jadal Mahajjah Al-Malzoumah Masikah al-Matallah Mlaihat al-Atash Muawiya al-Mujaidel An-Najih Qiratah Ruwaisat Shaqra Ash-Shoumara Sour Al-Warad Az-Zabayer Hirak Subdistrict al-Hirak al-Mlaihah al-Gharbiyah al-Mlaihah ash-Sharqiyah Nahtah Rakham as-Sawra Jasim Subdistrict Jasim Nimer Nawa Subdistrict Nawa Adawan al-Jubayliyah an-Nasiriyah ash-Shaykh Saad as-Sukkariyah Shaykh Miskin Subdistrict ash-Shaykh Miskin ad-Dilli al-Fuqiaa Namer Qarfa as-Suhailiyah Tasil Subdistrict Tasil al-Bakkar al-Bakkar Sharqi Daraa District Daraa Subdistrict Daraa Ataman Kahil al-Naimah Nasib Saida al-Taybah Umm al-Mayazen Bosra Subdistrict Bosra Jamrin Maaraba Samad Samaqiyat Tisiyah Da'el Subdistrict Da'el Abtaa Jiza Subdistrict al-Jiza Ghasm al-Mataaiya Khirbet Ghazaleh Subdistrict Khirbet Ghazaleh Alma al-Ghariyah al-Gharbiyah al-Ghariyah ash-Sharqiyah Musayfira Subdistrict al-Musayfirah al-Karak al-Sahwah Umm Walad Muzayrib Subdistrict Muzayrib Ajami Jalin Nasij Tafas Tell Shihab al-Yadudah Zayzun Shajara Subdistrict al-Shajara Abdin Ayn Zakar Beit Ara Hit Jamla Kuwaya Maariyah Nafia al-Qusayr Saham al-Jawlan Shabraq

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