Al-Mukharram
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Al-Mukharram المخرم |
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| Al-Mukharram al-Fawqani | |
 Al-Mukharram
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| Coordinates: 34°49′N 37°5′E / 34.817°N 37.083°ECoordinates: 34°49′N 37°5′E / 34.817°N 37.083°E | |
| Country |
 Syria
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| Governorate | Homs |
| District | Al-Mukharram |
| Subdistrict | Al-Mukharram |
| Elevation | 600 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population (2004) | |
| • Total | 6,202 |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 (UTC) |
Al-Mukharram (Arabic: المخرم), also known as Mukharram al-Fawqani (Arabic: المخرم الفوقاني; also spelled Makhem Fuqani or Mkhurem Fouqani) is a small city in central Syria, capital of the al-Mukharram District, administratively part of the Homs Governorate, located 42 kilometres (26 miles) northeast of Homs.
In 1838 al-Mukharram was classified as a khirba ("ruined" or "abandoned" village") in the District of Salamiyah. The general region of the desert plains east of Homs and Hama was repopulated during the late 19th century by local Bedouins and by Ismaili and Alawite peasants from the areas west of Homs and Hama, as well as Circassians. The modern town was of al-Mukharram was founded in 1882, although its inhabitants struggled to make a living off the semi-arid region.
In 1960, al-Mukharram was still an impoverished village populated by Alawite sharecropper families employed by landlords based in Homs. Under these circumstances, the Syrian Army provided an attractive alternative for the men of the village to advance socially and economically. Various figures from the town have served in high-ranking positions in the Syrian military and security apparatus, including Muhammad Umran, former Defense Minister (early 1966), whose father had been a religious shaykh and a local leader of the town. Other notable Syrian military figures from al-Mukharram include Ahmed Sa'id Salih, the former Chief of Political Security (1970-1987) and deputy Interior Minister, Adnan Badr Hassan, another former Chief of Political Security (1987-2002), and Abd al-Karim al-Razzuq the late 1970s commander of the missile corps and the air defense forces.
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