Kafartab

Kafartab
كفرطاب
Kafartab is located in Syria
Kafartab
Shown within Syria
Alternative nameKafr Tab or Kafar Tab
Known as Capharda by the Crusaders
LocationNorthwest Syria
RegionThe Levant
Coordinates35°27′33.2″N 36°35′43.2″E / 35.459222°N 36.595333°E / 35.459222; 36.595333
TypeFortification and town
History
PeriodsMedieval, Mamluk, Ottoman

Kafartab (Arabic: كفرطاب, also spelled Kafr Tab or Kafar Tab, known as Capharda by the Crusaders) was a town and fortress in northwestern Syria that existed during the medieval period between the fortress cities of Maarat al-Numan in the north and Shaizar to the south.[1] It was situated along the southeastern slopes of Jabal al-Zawiya.[2] According to French geographer Robert Boulanger, writing in the early 1940s, Kafartab was "an abandoned ancient site" located 2.5 mi (4.0 km) northwest of Khan Shaykhun.[3]

  1. ^ Hitti, p. 73.
  2. ^ Burns, p. 320.
  3. ^ Boulanger, p. 376.