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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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Al-Rusafa (Arabic: الرصافة Ruṣāfa, also spelled Rassafah, Rosafah or Resafi) is a Syrian village located in the Masyaf Subdistrict in Masyaf District, located west of Hama and about 10 kilometers southwest of Masyaf. [1] According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Rusafa had a population of 1,608 in the 2004 census. [2]
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