Ayasrah

Ayasrah (/eɪæsrɑː/ AYA-s-rah; Arabic: عياصرة‎), is a noble tribe living in Jordan, originally from the Arabian Peninsula. They trace their lineage back to the Quraysh, as Hashemite descendants of Muhammad. They lived in Jordan before about five centuries in a mountain town called Sakib located to the west of the city of Jerash.

Some of their famous men are Abdullah Ayasrah, Ahmed Alaysarani and Raja Alayasarani "Abu Shibley" Sheikh & Mukhtar of Sakib in 1913 during Ottoman rule, and Sheikh Shibley Al-Ayasrah the member of Jerash Local Government in 1920.

Etymology

They took the name of the village Aysra, which formed the northern part of the old Sakib.

History

The Ayasrah lived in the old Sakib (Aysra, Sakib and Be'na). They played a prominent political rule in the area specially when the name of Jerash was abandoning for Sakib.

In the late 16th century, the total population of the three villages was 33 households, including three Imams. The townspeople were required to pay a tax on both livestock and crops, as well as Waqf (charity due to Muhyiddin Ibn Sharaf al-Din Kharroub), all collected for the army. The total value of these taxes in 1538 for the three villages was 3,800 Akjh (a silver coin). This rose to 5,100 Akjh in 1596. This is an average increase of 22½ Akjh per year, indicating strong economic growth.