Al-Mubattan المبطن | |
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Village | |
  Al-Mubattan Location in Syria | |
| Coordinates:35°16′45″N36°50′32″E / 35.27917°N 36.84222°E /35.27917; 36.84222 | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Governorate | Hama |
| District | Hama |
| Subdistrict | Hama |
| Population (2004) | |
• Total | 400 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| City Qrya Pcode | C2967 |
Al-Mubattan (Arabic:المبطن; also transliteratedMbattan) is a village in centralSyria, administratively part of theHama Governorate. According to theSyria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Mubattan had a population of 400 in the 2004 census.[1]
Al-Mubattan was incorporated into theOttoman Empire along with the rest of Syria in 1516 after they defeated theMamluks. Unlike many surrounding settlements, Al-Mubattan's population declined during the early Ottoman era, falling from 20 households in 1526, to 11 households in 1551. By 1594, it no longer had any recorded inhabitants.[2] In 1890, al-Mubattan was sold by asheikh of theBani Khalid, aBedouin tribe of central Syria, to theAzm family ofHama. Its inhabitants wereSunni Muslim Arab tenant farmers.[3]
By the time the Syrian Civil War began, al-Mubattan appears to have been a predominantlyAlawite settlement. On 9 December 2024, armed men fromRaqqa andKhan Sheikhoun reportedly seized the property of the residents and expelled them. By 5 February 2025, there were only 15 people still living in the village and as of 15 May it appears that the residents have remained unable to return to their homes.[4][5]
