Dahr Al-Ahmar is a village in Lebanon, situated in the Rashaya District and south of the Beqaa Governorate. It is located near the Syrian border, approximately 6 km from Rashaya and south of Kfar Danis.[1] The population of the village is predominantly Druze.[2] There is a shrine in the village to an important woman in Druze history, Sitt Sarah, the niece of one of the authors of the Epistles of Wisdom, Baha'u d-Dīn as-Samuqī ("al-Muqtana Baha’ud-Dīn").[3] She is remembered for being a great peacemaker.[4] Daher al ahmar biggest families are Bahmad and Jaber

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Dahr ِAl-Ahmar
ضهر الأحمر
Village
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Dahr ِAl-Ahmar
Dahr ِAl-Ahmar
Location in Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°31′45″N 35°50′55″E
Country Lebanon
GovernorateBeqaa Governorate
DistrictRashaya District
Area
  Total
3.92 sq mi (10.14 km2)
Elevation
3,540 ft (1,080 m)
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Archaeological site

Some flints were found 500 metres north of the village in the hills including large axes, scrapers and sickle blades with fine denticulation. This was suggested by Jacques Cauvin and Marie-Claire Cauvin to have been a site contemporary with the earliest neolithic levels at Byblos.[5]

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