Tayr Harfa

Tayr Harfa (Arabic: طير حرفا) is a municipality in Tyre District in Southern Lebanon, located 16 kilometres south of Tyre.

[1] In 1852, during the late Ottoman era, Edward Robinson noted it on his travels in the region.

[2] In 1875, Victor Guérin found here 200 Metuali inhabitants.

[3] In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A stone and mud village, containing about 200 Moslems, on a hill, with olives, figs, and arable land, and waste ground covered with brushwood.

"[4] In 2014 Muslims made up 99.41% of registered voters in Tayr Harfa.