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Al-Asharah ((アラビア語:العشارة), also spelled al-Ashareh or Esharah) is a town in eastern Syria, administratively part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate, located along the Euphrates River, south of Deir ez-Zor. Nearby localities include al-Quriyah to the northeast, Makhan and Mayadin to the north, Suwaydan Jazirah to the southeast and Dablan to the south. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Asharah had a population of 17,537 in the 2004 census. It is the administrative seat of a ''nahiyah'' ("subdistrict") which consists of seven localities with a total population of 96,001 in 2004. Al-Asharah is the third largest locality in the ''nahiyah''.〔(General Census of Population and Housing 2004 ). Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Deir az-Zawr Governorate. 〕 Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims.〔Smith, 1841, p. 174.〕 ==History== Al-Asharah is built on the site of the ancient Aramean-Assyrian settlement of Terqa.〔〔 A stele dated to 886 BCE honoring the victory of Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta II over the Arameans was found in al-Asharah. The stele is currently located in the National Museum of Aleppo.〔Nelles Guide, 1999, p. 127.〕 Terqa was the capital of the Neo-Assyrian kingdom of Khana and continued to develop until the end of the Bronze Age when its decline began. Excavations in al-Asharah revealed evidence that Terqa contained urban institutions and its inhabitants had exploited the area's soil for economic benefit.〔Kuhne, p. 134.〕 In the mid-19th-century, it was noted by the Bombay Geographic Society that al-Asharah was a "little town" that consisted of an unorganized grouping of Arab huts and a population whose traditions suggested the place was ancient.〔Bombay Geographic Society, 1844, p. 180.〕 From around that time until the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire in 1917, al-Asharah served as the center of a ''kaza'' ("district"), bearing its name, that was part of the larger Sanjak of Zor province. The ''kaza'' had two ''nawahi'': al-Asharah and al-Busayrah.〔(Zor Mutasarrıflığı ). Tarih ve Medeniyet. 2009.〕 In 1920, a meeting between officials and officers of the Sharifian Army and the nascent Kingdom of Syria was held in al-Asharah and hosted by Emir Faisal. There negotiations over the borders between Syria and Iraq were discussed and it was concluded the Abu Kamal would remain a part of the Deir ez-Zor province of Syria.〔Rush, p. 263.〕 In the early 1960s al-Asharah was described as a small village built on an artificial mound where Terqa stood.〔Boulanger, 1966, p. 490.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Al-Asharah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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