Rasas

Rasas is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Suwayda Governorate, located south of Suwayda. Nearby localities include Ira to the southwest, Sahwet Blatah to the east, ar-Raha to the northeast and Umm Walad to the west. According to the Central [Bureau of Statistics |Syria Central Bureau of Statistics], Rasas had a population of 3,332 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Druze, with a Sunni Muslim Bedouin minority.

History

In 1596 Rasas appeared in the Ottoman tax registers under the name of Irsas , being part of the nahiya of Bani Nasiyya in the Qada of Hauran. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 20 households and 10 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and bee-hives; a total of 3,880 akçe. Part of the income went to a Waqf.
In 1838 Rasas was noted by Eli Smith.

Religious buildings

Maqam Job/Ayyub