Tubna is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate in the Hauran region. It is located 58 km south of Damascus and 42 km from Daraa. Tubna was the seat of a Monophysite monastery by the second half of the 6th century. The Byzantine Empire’s Ghassanid Arab vassals apparently maintained a presence in Tubna as evidenc…Tubna is a village in southern Syria, administratively part of the Daraa Governorate in the Hauran region. It is located 58 km south of Damascus and 42 km from Daraa. Tubna was the seat of a Monophysite monastery by the second half of the 6th century. The Byzantine Empire’s Ghassanid Arab vassals apparently maintained a presence in Tubna as evidenced by a verse by the contemporary poet al-Nabigha that placed the tomb of the Ghassanid emir between “Tubna and Jasim”. Moreover, the Ghassanids were adamant supporters of the Monophysite church and their relationship with Tubna may have been based on their support for its monastery.
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