Qarah, Sirie

Qarah or  Karah (Arabic: قارة) is a Sirie toun in the Qalamoun Destrict o the Rif Dimashq Govrenorate. It is locatit atween the Qalamoun Muntains an the  Eastren Lebanon muntains range,  north o the caipital Damascus on the road tae the ceety o Homs.

History
It wis the soothmaist toun in the Jund Hims militar destrict o Greater Sirie durin the Umayyad Caliphate.Yaqut al-Hamawi as citit in  Abu'l-Fida describit it in his Geografie o 1321 as a lairge veelage hauf wey atween Damascus an Homs.  It is a waystation for the caravans.  Maist o its inhabitants are Christians. It lees 1½ mairches frae Homs an 2 mairches frae Damascus.Quoted at 

Syne the fowerteent century Qarah haes been eclipsed bi An-Nabk its neehbour tae the sooth.

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"Photograph of Qarah street" Flickr.com
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Category:Populatit places in An-Nabk Destrict