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Metawileh|mɛˈtɑːwɪleɪ|
Also Matawila, Metawaileh, Metawala, etc.
[ad. Arab. matāwila, pl. of mutawālī one who professes to love ‘Alī.]
Name of a sect of the followers of ‘Alī who live in Lebanon and Syria.
1799W. G. Browne Travels 406 Some precaution was necessary against the Metaweli, Mohammedans of the sect of Ali, who once formed a powerful and ferocious tribe. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 395/1 'Alí, whose followers, here called Motewálís, or Mutewellís, are persecuted by the Sunnís. Ibid., This word..has been variously spelt Metwalí, Motwâli, &c. 1860D. Urquhart Lebanon I. xi. 94 The Metuali race... In religion..are Shiites, in race Arabs. Ibid. 96 The Metuali..do not exceed 60,000. 1875Encycl. Brit. III. 177/1 In 1400 it [sc. Baalbec] was pillaged by Timur..and afterwards it fell into the hands of the Metaweli, a barbarous predatory tribe. 1888Ibid. XXIII. 711/1 The present town [of Tyre] has arisen since the Metâwila occupied the district in 1766. 1900G. Bell Let. 8 June (1927) I. 119 The Metawaileh (he belonged to that peculiar Muhammadan sect—please note that in the plural the accent is on the second syllable—Metāwaileh). 1909T. E. Lawrence Let. 2 Aug. (1938) 68 Nabatiyeh, the Metawileh (Xtian) Headquarters in the hills. 1917― Let. 10 July (1938) 231 The Metowala [sic] of the Jebel Amr. 1926― Seven Pillars (1935) v. lviii. 331 On the higher slopes of the hills clustered settlements of Metawala, Shia Mohammedans from Persia generations ago. 1969H. Z. Hirschberg in A. J. Arberry Relig. Middle East II. xviii. 340 A harsh judgement awaits the Mutāwila (the adherents of ‘Alī). |