Jableh

Jableh جبلة
A collage o Jableh.
Jableh Location in Sirie
Coordinates: 35°21′N 35°55′E
Kintra	Sirie
Govrenorate	Latakia Govrenorate
Destrict	Jableh Destrict
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population
• Total	80,000

Jableh (an aa spelt Jebleh, Jabala, Jablah an Gabala; Arabic: جبلة‎) is a coastal ceety on the Mediterranean in Sirie. wi c. 80,000 inhabitants (2008).

History

Jableh wis pairt o the Principality o Antioch, ane o the Crusader States, till it wis captured bi Saladin in 1189 durin the Third Crusade. Ane famous resident wis Hugh o Jabala, the ceety's bishop, who reportit the faw o Edessa tae Pape Eugene III, an wis the first body tae speak o Prester John.

The ceety is hame tae the tomb an the mosque o Sultan Ibrahim Bin Adham, a famous Sufi meestic who renoonced his throne an devotit hissel tae prayers for the rest o his life.

The ceety is the hame toun o Izz ad-Din al-Qassam, a famous Islamic figure who fought against the French Colonization in Sirie, an then moved tae Palestine whaur he led a revolution against the Breetish authoities an the well-airmed Jewish gangs. Al-Qassam haes become an icon o the Palestinian liberation muivements, especially the Islamic movent o Hamas that named its military wing efter him - Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.

In antiquity Jableh wis an important Roman ceety, ane o the main remains o this period is a theatre, capable o hoosin c. 7,000 spectators. Near the seashores even aulder remains wur foond datin tae the Iron Age or Phoenician Era.

The Roman theater o Jableh

On less nor 1 kilometer o the ceety centre lays the auncient steid o Gibala, the day kent as Tell Tweini. This ceety wis inhabitit frae the third millennium BCE till the Persian period.

Sports

Jableh Sporting Club is a fitbaa club based in Jableh.