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Spending winters, springs and autumns in the farm. The Historian Boutros Béchara Karam wrote in his book The Coral Chain in the history of North Lebanon that the family of Naamtallah Néhmé stayed in Rishtaamout for about seventy years.

Abdel Ahad: the origin of the family Abdel Ahad which is also known as the Chidiac family.

Youssef: the origin of the Khoury, Raad and Abi Rashed families.

Abdallah: the origin of the Wehbeh, Fadi, Tannous and Sleiman families.

Younis: the origin of the Younis and Béchara families.

There Naamtallah's children founded four families: in Syriac, Rishtaamout means the summit of taste or of pleasure as the farm was famous for its tasty fruits. Later on, the family moved to Sereel and then to Ejbeh, where they did not stay for long, moving to a small farm beside Sebhel. He brought up and raised his family there. When Naamtallah Néhmé left Bikfaya, Metn, to North Lebanon, he first settled in Arbet Kozhaya. It is in this context that Naamtallah Néhmé, the ancestor of all the Meziarian families, arrived in North Lebanon, like many others.

This migration from the Metn and Kesrwan accelerated particularly after the Sheikhs Hamadeh, rulers of Jebbet Bsharri started stabilising their rule around 1680. An important migration took place from Jebbet Bsharri to the south but also to Aleppo, Syria.Īfter the fall of the Emir Fakhreddine in 1632, the situation in the southern Mount Lebanon became difficult and there were a reverse migration to North Lebanon. Houmeis, belonging also to the Hamadeh Baklik, seemed to have been inhabited prior to the 18th century as there existed some ruins of an earlier settlement.Īt the end of the 16th century, and the beginning of the 17th century, the southern Mount Lebanon under the stable rule of the Emir Fakhreddine (1678–1735) attracted many families who were encouraged by the Emir to establish there. Part of the land where the today Miziara is located was part of the baklik of the Shia Sheikhs Hamadeh, the rulers of Jebbet Bsharri from 1654 till 1761. In its place was a dense forest, filled with wild boars. Miziara was not inhabited before the late 17th century. This article is based on an article of Al Bashir newspaper on Miziara. But like all native accents, changing a vocabulary, letters flying into thin air, it became known as Miziara. If by chance along the way you met an acquaintance coming from the forest and asked him, where were you? The answer would surely be Min Al Ziara, meaning from the visit to Virgin Mary’s forest. A rocky cave in the forest was turned into a niche in the name of Virgin Mary candles and oil lanterns were always lit. People visited it like we visit ruins and shrines nowadays. There is a popular tradition about the meaning of the name of Miziara: The terrain of the village is especially rocky.

sakhra comes from Arabic and means rock.

It could be an appropriate meaning as this village used to be known for its excellent tobacco production.

houmeis means in the local Arabic dialect the sun-dried tobacco leaves.

In Aramaic, it means the pine forest which is plausible as this area is known for its pine trees.

harf in Arabic means literally border or limit.

In this case, the meaning of 'Miziara' could be the house of battle. mi could be a contaminated form of beth ( house). According to some authors, ziara could be coming from Aramaic from the root zwr, meaning struggle, battle or fight.

miziara could be a contracted form of two Arabic words Min - Ziara which could mean from the visit.

The number of households is 567 in Miziara, 151 in Harf Miziara, 51 in Sakhra and 56 in Houmeis. If we include the inhabitants of Harf Miziara and Houmeis, the population becomes nearly 6,000. Miziara, Houmeis and Harf Miziara combined together, form an important populated area.įor Miziara, the population is around 4,250. The water source is Ain Al Jadideh (the New Spring).

Its patron Saint is Saint Maroun, whose feast is on February 9. The distance from Zgharta is 5 kilometers. The inhabitants are from Miziara, and the road that leads to it goes through Zgharta – Kfarhata – El Khaldiyeh - Sakhra. The road that leads to those two villages goes through Miziara.Īdministratively, this village does not exist. The water source is from Ain El Moutran coming through Bhairet Toula, a nearby village. The road that leads to it goes through Zgharta, Kfarhata, Iaal and then to Miziara. Miziara sits on a hilltop at 800 m above sea level, overlooking Morh Kfarsghab, Jdeideh, Zgharta, Tripoli and the Mediterranean Sea.