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Masyaf (Arabic: مصياف Miṣyāf) is a city in northwestern Syria. It is the center of the Masyaf District in the Hama Governorate . As of 2004, Masyaf had a religiously diverse population of approximately 22,000 Ismailis , Alawites and Christians.
Masyaf and the surrounding town functioned as the capital of a Nizari emirate from the middle of the 12th century until the end of the 13th century. Saladin besieged it in May 1176, but the siege did not last long and it concluded with a truce. Current research indicates it was held by the Nizari Isma'ilis at that time. [3]
Masyaf District (Arabic: مصياف Maṣyāf) is a district administratively belonging to Hama Governorate, Syria. At the 2004 Census it had a population of 169,341. [ 1 ] Its administrative centre is the city of Masyaf .
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Masyaf Subdistrict (Arabic: ناحية مركز مصياف) is a Syrian nahiyah (subdistrict) located in Masyaf District in Hama. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Masyaf Subdistrict had a population of 68,184 in the 2004 census. [ 1 ]
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