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    Niha (Arabic: نيحا [ˈniħa]) is a town in the Chouf which belongs to Mount Lebanon of Lebanon. The town is 44 miles from Beirut and it has about 3,750 hectares;...
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    Kfarfakoud Moukhtara Na'ameh Niha Chouf Rmeileh Serjbel Shheem Zaarourieh Iqlim al-Kharrub, historical region located in the Chouf District Panagakos, Anastasia...
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    in historical records in 975 AD. It is located in the municipality of Niha Chouf in Lebanon, and is today visited as cultural heritage in the Shouf Cedar...
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  • niha or nihá in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Niha may refer to: Niha, Chouf Fortress of Niha Niha, Zahlé Hosn Niha, an archaeological site Niha,...
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    Beiteddine Maasser el Chouf Majdel Meouch Mazboud Mazraat el Chouf Mazraat el Daher Mechref Mghayrie Moukhtara Mristeh Naameh Niha Chouf Rmeileh Sebline Semkanieh...
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    The Chouf region, also spelled Shouf, is a historical and geographical area located in the central part of Lebanon. Like much of Lebanon, the Chouf was...
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    century AD. The name Niha is used by four Lebanese towns or villages: Niha, Zahlé in the Bekaa; Niha, Batroun; Niha, Tyre and Niha, Chouf. The word neeha is...
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    Chouf Majdel Meouch Mazboud Mazraat el Chouf Mazraat el Daher Mechref Mghayrie Mokhtara Mristeh Naameh Niha Chouf Rmayle Sebline Semkanieh Serjbeil Wadi...
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    Druze community also maintains a shrine for the Prophet Job in Niha village in the Chouf mountains of Lebanon. This shrine is said to be the place where...
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    Al Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in the Chouf and Aley districts of Lebanon. It is located on the slopes of Jebel Baruk mountain and...
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    Faouqa, Niha, Hosn Niha, Ferzol and Kafr Zebad. Roman temple of Hosn Niha, Lebanon Roman temple of Hosn Niha, Lebanon Roman temple of Hosn Niha, Lebanon...
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    Fakhr al-Din and his men subsequently took refuge in a cave in Niha in the southern Chouf or further south in Jezzine. To smoke them out of their hiding...
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    Catholic Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir toured the predominantly Druze Chouf region of Mount Lebanon and visited Mukhtara, the ancestral stronghold of...
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    al-Din and his retinue subsequently took refuge in a cave in Niha in the southern Chouf or further south in Jezzine. Unable to access the cave, Kuchuk...
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    Fakhr al-Din and his men subsequently took refuge in a cave in Niha in the southern Chouf or further south in Jezzine. To smoke them out of their hiding...
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    establishment and existence of mixed villages and towns in Mount Lebanon, Chouf, Wadi al-Taym, Jabal al-Druze, the Galilee region, Mount Carmel, and the...
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  • (princes) consistently held the tax farms of Mount Lebanon's districts (Chouf, Matn, Keserwan, Gharb and Jurd), represented the Qaysi faction, along with...
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    Wadih El Safi (category People from Chouf District)
    1, 1921 – October 11, 2013) was a Lebanese singer and composer. Born in Niha, Lebanon, Wadih El Safi started his artistic journey at the age of sixteen...
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    September 2012. Tallon, Maurice., “Sanctuaires et itinéraires romains du. Chouf et du sud de la Béqa,” Mélanges de l'université Saint Joseph 43, pp. 233-50...
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    built the temples of Baalbek, the temples at Mount Hermon, the temples of Niha and various other structures now in ruins that include smaller temples, hippodromes...
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    summer resort in South Lebanon. The town is located on the slopes of Tumat Niha and its landscape features pine-forested valleys and mountain summits, vineyards...
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    Berytus. Roman temples include the Temples of Baalbek, and ancient temples in Niha. There Are also a few Ancient Phoenician Temples for example The Temple Of...
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    They succeeded in mainlining most of the forts such as Banias (Subayba) and Niha which were a mainstay of Fakhr ad-Din's power. Before leaving, Fakhr ad-Din...
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    first emerged into the full light of history in the Gharb region of the Chouf. As powerful warriors serving the leaders in Damascus against the Crusades...
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    AD onwards. Two lower Roman temples that date back to the 1st century AD, Niha, Zahlé. Roman temple of Bziza. Tower of Claudius, temple of Zeus, a sanctuary...
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