In Arabic, Bazal means the corkscrew, which is used to perforate caps and open bottles. Chances are this family has been given its name because their ancestors used to make the tool bazal.

 

The Al-Bzal (Bazal) family consists of approximately 2550 members. They are distributed in Beqa’a which has a predominantly Shia’a majority and in north Lebanon where a Sunni minority resides. The Bazals are Sunni and the Al-Bazals are Shia’a.

 

The Al-Bazals make up a majority of 2470 members, more than 2280 of whom are present in the town of Al-Bazalieh in Baalbeck. Meqraq (Baalbeck) has 120 members of the family, Hawsh Sayyed Ali (Hermel) 30 and Hrabta (Baalbeck) 40.

 

The Bazals do not exceed more than 80 members. They are distributed in the north in the following places:

-    Bzal (Akkar): 10

-    Nouri (Tripoli): 20

-    Haddadine (Tripoli): 35

-    Tebbaneh (Tripoli): 15