page_title: Ad-Dhahiriya
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Ad-Dhahiriya / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Southern Palestine. Dahariyeh village, Debir. עברית: דאהרייה
context_page_description: ad-Dhahiriya is a Palestinian city in the Hebron Governorate, 23 km southwest of the city of Hebron in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, ad-Dhahiriya had a population of 38.002 in 2016.
context_section_description: According to Conder and Kitchener Ad-Dhahiriya was probably the site of the ancient biblical town of Debir. They found the village undermined by caves. In the centre of Ad-Dhahiriya was a tower, which appeared to be from before the Crusader era, possibly from early Christian or Roman period.
  Local tradition, supported by archaeology, have that ad-Dhahiriya was founded by Baibars (1223/1228 – 1277).
caption: Ad-Dhahiriya in the 1920s
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