Ghasm

Government

Ghasm also Ghasam (Arabic غصم ) is a town in Daraa province in southwestern Syria.

Location

Ghasam located northeast of Daraa and west of Bosra. Other nearby villages are Maarbah in the east, al - Sahwah in the north, al - Jiza to the west and al - Mataaiya in the south.

History

Gottlieb Schumacher reported that he used in 1895, the Roman road of Umm -el- Meyädin after Ghasm.

In the village you will find the ruins of a Byzantine church, which was consecrated in 593 Bacchus and Sergius. In this area the Sunnah al - Miqdad family lived

1596 Ghasm appears in Ottoman tax registers as Gasim and was part of Nahiya of Butayna in the Sandžak (Ottoman Empire) of Hauran. The entire community was as Muslims they should be taxed consisted of 25 households and 12 hearty plants. Taxes were based on wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and or beekeeping and a water mill

The tour group of Schumacher was heard reports from villagers that members of the Druze had plundered in 1893 and in 1894 Ghasam leave for water position 200 Mejidiehszahlen.