In 1838, Eli Smith noted Helwa's population as being Druze.[1]
References
^Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 138
Bibliography
Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
