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Belad Bechara
Belad Bechara, also spelled Bilad Beshara ( ar, بلاد بشارة), is a popular and historic name for a mountainous region in Jabal Amel in Southern Lebanon. Etymology Some historians believe that the name ''Belad Bechara'' means the "Country of the Gospel" in reference to the teaching and revelation of Christ in the region while others believe it is in reference to an Ayyubid Prince by the name of Bechara. Geography Belad Bechara is the mountainous region that lies south of the Litani River, extending southward to Upper Galilee, and including the Hula Valley, Hunin, and Tiberias. History According to Abrahamic traditions, Belad Bechara is the northernmost part of the Promised Land, which was the division of the tribes of Azer and Naphtali, and later took the name of Upper Galilee. In 1881, C. R. Conder and H. H. Kitchener mentioned ten villages in the ''Belad Besharah'' region on their map 2, namely: 'Aita ez Zut, Berashit, Haris, El Jumeijmeh, Kefrah, Meis, Safed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kefrah
Kafra ( ar, كفرا), is a village in Nabatiye Governorate, in the Bint Jbeil District of southern Lebanon, about from Beirut. The village is located in the south-western outskirts of the town of Tebnine, in the heart of the Lebanese Shia Muslim community of ''Jabal Amel''. The village sits on an elevation of above sea level. History In the 1596 Ottoman tax records, the village, named ''Kfür Tıbnin'' was located in the Ottoman ''nahiya'' (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the ''liwa''' (district) of Safad, with a population of 51 households and 12 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat (4,290 akçe), barley (490 akçe), vineyards and fruit trees (1,560 akçe), goats and beehives (530 akçe), in addition to "occasional revenues" (300 akçe); a total of 7,170 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 179 In 1856 it was named ''Kefra'' on Kiepert's map of Palestine/Lebanon published that year, while in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belideh
Blida ( ar, بليدا) is a village in Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon. Location The municipality of Blida is located in the Kaza of Marjaayoun one of is one of the eight mohafazats (governorates) of Lebanon. Blida is 118 kilometers (73.3252 mi) away from Beirut, the capital of Lebanon. Its elevation is 630 meters (2067.03 ft - 688.968 yd) above sea level. Blida surface stretches for 1330 hectares (13.3 km² - 5.1338 mi²) . Name E. H. Palmer wrote that the name ''Belidet'' meant "The little village". History In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing mosque, and having about 150 Moslem inhabitants, situated on a ridge, with figs, olives, and arable land. One cistern A cistern (Middle English ', from Latin ', from ', "box", from Greek ', "basket") is a waterproof receptacle for holding liquids, usually water. Cisterns are often built to catch and store rainwater. Cisterns a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beit Yahun
Beit Yahoun ( ar, بيت ياحون) is a village in Lebanon located near Bint Jbeil, in the Nabatiye Governorate. Beit Yahoun is 117 km from Beirut. It is 950 meters above sea level and covers an area of 485 hectares. History Visiting in 1875, Victor Guérin described it as a village with 150 Metualis (Shia Muslims). In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, containing about fifty Metawileh, situated on hill-top, with grapes and figs. There are no springs, but a birket and cisterns for water supply.” Following the 1982 invasion Beit Yahoun became part of the Israeli ‘security zone’. On 4 October 1992 Hizbullah launched an attack on the South Lebanon Army’s checkpoint in the village. Two senior SLA officers were killed, one of them believed to be responsible for the 8 November 1991 bombing of the American University of Beirut. On 21 June 1997 six Irish soldiers serving with UNIFIL The United Nations I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beit Lif
Bayt Lif ( ar, بيت ليف) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon. Name According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the house of lif" (palm-fibre). History In 1852, Edward Robinson noted that the year before, a quantity of gold coin were found at Beit Lif, which was taken to Beirut and given to the Pasha. He further noted that the people were planting millet and tobacco. In 1875, Victor Guérin found here a village with 80 Metuali inhabitants. In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 150 Moslems .situated on a hill-top, with a few olives and arable land. Two cisterns and a birket near supply the water." On 23 November 1997 a South Lebanon Army compound on the edge of the village came under artillery fire. Eight civilians were killed. Amal Amal may refer to: * Amal (given name) * Åmål, a small town in Sweden * Amal Movement, a Lebanese political party ** Amal Militia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Aitherun
Aitaroun (or Aytaroun; ar, عيترون) is a Lebanese village located in the caza of Bint-Jbeil at 33.1156° North, 35.4722° East. It is on the northern border of Israel and 125 km from Beirut. The village's name origin is Itruma, which means the beautiful smell. Archaeology Aitaroun contains a plethora of possible historic sites, many of which ransacked and their contents taken into Israel during the 22 year Israeli occupation. Untouched sites are still known to exist amongst locals within the greater village, though fear of greater looting and destruction of these sites has prevented their research. Rumored archaeological finds in the village An approximate 3m long, white-limestone sarcophagus with Christian carvings. It is described to have had lions heads, one on each side, and a carving of what is believed to be a knight with a sword. The sarcophagus would have weighed several tons and was removed by heavy equipment in 2000 and taken into Israel under the su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Aita Esh Shaub
Ayta ash Shab ( ar, عيتا الشعب; also transliterated ''Ayta al-Sha'b'', ''Ayta a-Shaab'', ''Ayta ash-Shab'' or ''Ayta ash Sha'b) is a village located in southern Lebanon, about 1 km northeast of the Israeli border. History Ottoman era In 1596, it was named as a village, Ayta Bani Salman'' in the Ottoman ''nahiya'' (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the ''liwa''' (district) of Safad, with a population of 5 Muslim households. The villagers paid a fixed tax of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 930 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 180 In 1875 Victor Guérin noted: "The village has taken the place of a small town surrounded by a wall, of which some remains still exist in well-cut stones and a fort measuring forty paces long by twenty-five broad. Beneath this building lies a large cistern vaulted with circular arches, and built of regularly cut stones. It is covered by a plat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Ainata
Aynata ( ar, عيناتا) is a village in Lebanon. It is located in the southern portion of the country. A stronghold for Hezbollah, during the war with Israel in 2006, about 60% of the homes in the town were destroyed. The terrain consists of plateaus of varying heights, with the Aynata itself located at an elevation of 740m. Several valleys separate Aynata from the nearest villages. Aynata has a moderate climate, cool summers and cold winters. History Yohanan Aharoni have suggested that Aynata was ancient En-hazor, and that it was also listed in the topographical lists of Thutmose III. Aynata was suggested to be Beth-Anath by van de Velde in 1854, also by W.M. Thomson in 1859,Thomson, 1859, p315/ref> and later by Victor Guérin.Guérin, 1880, p374/ref> The same view was held by historical geographer Georg Kampffmeyer (1892). Foundations and columns of a ruined temple complex in the woods near the village were recorded by William McClure Thomson, who thought them to ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Ain Ibl
ʿAin Ebel ( ar, عين إبل; Syriac: ), the ancient 'En Bol, is a village located in the Lebanese Upper Galilee in the Caza of Bint Jbeil in the Nabatiye Governorate in Lebanon. Etymology Historian Taissier Khalaf writes that the name of the town means "Spring of the Monk" because in Aramaic ''Ain'' means spring and ''Ebel'' means the hermit, who wears a monk's garb. While Anis Freiha and Friar Youakim Moubarak believe that ''Ebel'' is a corruption of the word Baal, in reference to the Semitic god associated with storms and thus irrigation, and combined with ''Ain'' then the name may mean the "Spring of Irrigation". Edward Henry Palmer, in 1881, wrote that it meant "The Spring of Camels" taking a literal translation for the name from classical Arabic. Variation of Spelling Due to the different standards in the Romanization of Arabic, the spelling of the name of the village has sometimes varied, such as Ainebel, Aïn Ebel, Ain Ebl, Ain Ibl, ‘Ayn Ibil, ‘Ain Ibil, Aïn I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Yehudiyeh
As-Sultaniyah ( ar, السلطانية) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District, in southern Lebanon, located just north of Tebnine. It was earlier called ''el Yehudiyeh''. Name According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, ''El Yehûdîyeh'' meant "the Jews" or "Jewish woman." History In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it as: "A small village, containing about 100 Metawileh, situated in a valley, with olives, figs, and arable land. There is a spring and cistern A cistern (Middle English ', from Latin ', from ', "box", from Greek ', "basket") is a waterproof receptacle for holding liquids, usually water. Cisterns are often built to catch and store rainwater. Cisterns are distinguished from wells by t ...s at the village." They further noted that south of the village was a perennial spring, built up with masonry.Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p105/ref> References Bibliography * * External links Localiban *Survey of Western Palestine, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulat Tibnin
Toron, now Tibnin or Tebnine in southern Lebanon, was a major Crusader castle, built in the Lebanon mountains on the road from Tyre to Damascus. The castle was the centre of the Lordship of Toron, a seigneury within the Kingdom of Jerusalem, actually a rear-vassalage of the Principality of Galilee. Lordship of Toron The castle was built by Hugh of Fauquembergues, prince of Galilee, in 1106 AD to assist in capturing Tyre."Tibnin". In ''The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Corpus: Volume 2'', ed. Denys Pringle, (Cambridge University Press, 1998), 367. After Hugh's death, the surroundings of Tibnin were raided by 'Izz al-Mulk, who killed the populace and made off with booty. Tibnin was made an independent seigneury, given to Humphrey I before 1109. After Humphrey I of Toron, the castle and lordship of Toron successively passed to his descendants Humphrey II and Humphrey IV. Banias, which had been given to Baldwin II by the Assassins in 1128, was inherit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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