Dayr al-Fardis () is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, southwest of Hama. Nearby localities include Kafr Buhum to the northeast, Tumin and al-Rastan to the southeast and Houla to the southwest. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 5,890 in the 2004 census. General Census of Population and Housing 2004. Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Hama Governorate. Its inhabitants are predominantly .Eli Smith, in Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 179 By the 21st century, about half the villages residents were ethnic Syrian Turkmen.
During the Byzantine Empire era, Deir al-Fardis's inhabitants was slow to convert to Christianity, eventually becoming Christian by the 540s.Trombley, 2001, p. 152. In 1829, during the late Ottoman Empire era, the village was part of the sanjak ("district") of Hama, and consisted of 25 . It paid 2,640 qirsh in taxes to the treasury.Douwes, 2000, p. 225.
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