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E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936 (Lattakia Census Entry)
ed. M. Th. Houtsma and others, Brill, Leiden, Vol. 2, p. 301
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E.J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, published in volumes across 1913 to 1936 and edited by M. Th. Houtsma and others; its Volume 2 entry (page 301) records a 1921-22 census of the Lattakia region counting 253,000 Alawites, about 71 percent of the district's population.
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Tier two: a major early twentieth century scholarly reference work on Islam, here reporting a period Mandate-era administrative census figure for the Lattakia region rather than an original survey of its own. Citation
AuthorM. Th. Houtsma and others (eds.)
PublisherE.J. Brill, Leiden
Source Typeencyclopedia
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