Coordinates: 33°33′22″N 35°48′46″E / 33.55611°N 35.81278°E / 33.55611; 35.81278

Mhaydseh

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Mhaiydseh
محيدثة
Village
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CountryFile:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon
GovernorateBeqaa Governorate
DistrictRashaya District
Elevation
3,740 ft (1,140 m)

Mhaydseh, (محيدثة) Bekaa Valley, Lebanon (sometimes pronounced plainly as "Al Mhaydseh","Muhaydhi") (Arabic: المحيدثة) is a town in the south-eastern portion of the Bekaa, a governorate of the Republic of Lebanon. Mhaydseh is part of the Rashaya District.

History

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In 1838, Eli Smith noted it as el-Muheiditheh; a Sunni Muslim village in the Beqaa Valley.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 141

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