Inkhil#civilwar

Among the ancient ruins found in Inkhil are the remains of a large villa dating from the 2nd century CE during Roman rule. Within the building is large vaulted central hall which connects to several rooms containing busts and other Roman-era sculptures carved from basalt. Its facade has highly decorated entrances and conch-head niches.Ball, 2002, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=73-JAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA240 240]-241. During Byzantine rule, Inkhil was dominated by the Ghassanids, Arab vassals of the empire based in nearby Jabiya.Shahid, 2002, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=pfwAG3-rpzcC&pg=PA203 203]

File:Palace, Inkhil (أنخل), Syria - East facade - PHBZ024 2016 3602 - Dumbarton Oaks.jpg

In 1596 Inkhil appeared in the Ottoman tax registers under the name of Nahal, being part of the nahiya of Bani Kilab in the Sanjak of Hauran. It had an entirely Muslim population consisting of 86 households and 45 bachelors. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 40% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and bee-hives; in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 13,000 akçe. Most of the income (22 out of 24 parts) went to a waqf (religious trust).Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 211

The town consisted of about 50 houses in the early 1840s all of which were inhabited by Muslims.Newbold, 1846, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=YCBDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA335 335] According to German archaeologist Gottlieb Schumacher, Inkhil was recorded to be a "small place numbering 55 to 60 huts" in 1897.Schumacher, 1897, p. [https://archive.org/stream/quarterlystateme29pale#page/n227/mode/1up 190]

{{anchor|civilwar}}Inkhil was one of the first towns to participate in the Syrian uprising against the government of Bashar al-Assad in March 2011 following demonstrations in Daraa.Sterling, Joe. [http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/01/world/meast/syria-crisis-beginnings/?hpt=hp_t1 Daraa: The spark that lit the Syrian flame]. CNN. 2012-03-01. Retrieved on 2012-03-21. On 19 August 2012, four protesters were killed and dozens injured after Syrian security forces shot at demonstrators emerging from a mosque following Friday prayers.[http://blogs.aljazeera.net/liveblog/inkhil Inkhil Live Blog]. Al Jazeera English. 2011-08-19. Retrieved on 2012-03-21. By 30 September 2016, there were 14,845 refugees from Inkhil (Ankhal) registered in Jordan.{{cite web |date=26 October 2016 |title=Syrian Refugees in Jordan by Origin (Town/ Village) |url=https://data.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/52046 |access-date=5 February 2024 |publisher=data.unhcr.org}}

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| last2 =Abdulfattah|first2=K. |author-link2=Kamal Abdulfattah

| title = Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century

|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ

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| publisher = Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft

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|author=Newbold, Captain |author-link=Thomas John Newbold

|title=On the site of Ashtaroth|journal=The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YCBDAAAAcAAJ&q=Aere+Sanamein|publisher=Murray| pages = 331–338 |year=1846|volume=16|doi=10.2307/1798240|jstor=1798240|url-access=subscription}}

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| author = Schumacher, G. |authorlink=Gottlieb Schumacher

| title = Notes from Jedur

| journal = Quarterly Statement - Palestine Exploration Fund | volume = 29 | pages = 190–195 | url = https://archive.org/details/quarterlystateme29pale | year = 1897|doi=10.1179/peq.1897.29.3.190}}

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• [https://www.google.com/maps/@33.0176576,36.1232614,14z Map of town], Google Maps
• [http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview/?pi=nla.map-vn745520-s19lc-v Sanameine, 19L map]

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