[1] Nearby localities include Halfaya and Mhardeh to the west, Lataminah to the northwest, Morek to the north, Suran to the east, Maar Shuhur to the southeast, Qamhana to the south and Khitab to the southwest.

[3] Between 1786 and 1799, during Ottoman rule (1516–1918), Tayyibat al-A'la was part of a lifetime leasehold of Muhammad Effendi al-Muradi, the secretary of the diwan of Damascus.

[6] The name of the town gained its appendage 'al-Imam' at a later point after a tomb-shrine located there which locals ascribed to a descendant of the Imam, Ali ibn Abi Talib.

[12] The church, which now serves as a museum in the center of town, consists of three naves and contains a large mosaic covering the building's entire floor.

Other images depicted include the scene of Paradise, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the churches of Jerusalem and Bethlehem, the basilica of St. Simeon Stylites and the double towers of Qalb Lozeh, both sites in northern Syria near Aleppo.