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District Of Safad
The Safad Subdistrict ( ar, قضاء صفد, he, נפת צפת) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine before it was captured by Israel in 1948. It was located around the city of Safad. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the subdistrict, which fell entirely within modern-day Israel, became the modern-day Safed Subdistrict in the Northern District (Israel). Borders * Acre Subdistrict (South West) * Tiberias Subdistrict (South) * Lebanon (North) * Syria (East) Depopulated towns and villages (current localities in parentheses) * Abil al-Qamh (Yuval) * al-'Abisiyya * 'Akbara * Alma (Alma) * Ammuqa ('Ammuqa) * Arab al-Shamalina ( Almaghor) * Arab al-Zubayd * Baysamun * Biriyya (Birya) * al-Butayha ( Almaghor) * al-Buwayziyya * Dallata (Dalton) * al-Dawwara ( 'Ammir, Sde Necheyma) * Dayshum ( Dishon) * al-Dirbashiyya * al-Dirdara * Ein al-Zeitun * Fara * Farradiyya (Parod, Shefer) * Fir'im ( Chatzor HagGlilit) * Ghabbatiyya * Ghuraba * al-Hamra' * Harrawi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Subdistricts Of Mandatory Palestine
The Districts and Sub-districts of Mandatory Palestine formed the first and second levels of administrative division and existed through the whole era of Mandatory Palestine, namely from 1920 to 1948. The number and territorial extent of the districts varied over time, as did their subdivision into sub-districts. In Arabic, a district was known as a ''minṭaqah'' (منطقة, plural ''manaṭiq'' مناطق), while in Hebrew it was known as a ''mahoz'' (מחוז, plural ''mehozot'' מחוזות). Each district had an administration headed by a District Governor, a role renamed as District Commissioner in 1925. Sub-districts were managed by an Assistant District Commissioner. They were aided by a District Officer, who was typically either Jewish or Arab, based on the ethnic make-up of the sub-district. By the end of the mandate period, Palestine was divided into 6 districts and 16 subdistricts. Administrative divisions prior to 1922 During the Ottoman period, Palestine was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Akbara
Akbara ( ar, عكبرة) is an Arab village in the Israeli municipality of Safed, which included in 2010 more than 200 families. It is 2.5 km south of Safed City. The village was rebuilt in 1977, close to the old village destroyed in 1948 during the 1947–1949 Palestine war. Location The village of 'Akbara was situated 2.5 km south of Safad, along the two sides of a deep wadi that ran north–south. Southeast of the village lay ''Khirbet al-'Uqeiba'', identified as the Roman village Achabare, or Acchabaron. This ''khirba'' was a populated village as late as 1904. History The first 'Akbara mention is during Second Temple period by Josephus Flavius, he noted ''the rock of Acchabaron (Ακχαβαρων πετραν)'' among the places in the Upper Galilee he fortified as a preparation for the Jewish Revolt. At the time Josephus Flavius was commanding Jewish rebel forces fighting Romans in the Galilee.Leibner, 2009, p108/ref> The nearby ''Khirbet al-'Uqeiba' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dalton, Israel
Dalton ( he, דַּלְתּוֹן) is a moshav near Safed in northern Israel under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. It was founded by immigrants from Tripoli in Libya in 1950 under the leadership of Hapoel HaMizrachi. The moshav is built near the ruins of an ancient village of the same name, which was home to a Jewish community during the Middle Ages. On the grounds of the moshav is a tomb ascribed to 2nd century rabbinic sages Jose the Galilean and his son rabbi Yishmael. The economy is based on agriculture, the Dalton Winery and a guesthouse. As of it had a population of . History Dalton is mentioned in medieval literature and documents discovered in the Cairo Geniza, indicating it was home to a Jewish community during the Middle Ages. In the Geniza there is a portion of a letter sent from Dalton to Egypt which is signed by "Shlomo HaKohen from the city of Dalton, son of Yosef." Also, regarding the wise man Eliyahu HaKohen who died in Tyre in 1063, it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallata
Dallata ( ar, دلاّتة) was a Palestinian Arab village, located on a hilltop north of Safad. Constructed upon an ancient site, it was known to the Crusaders as ''Deleha''. Dallata was included in the late 16th century Ottoman census and British censuses of the 20th century. Its inhabitants were primarily agriculturalists, with some involved in carpentry or trade. Dallata was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine war on around May 10, 1948 by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. Following the establishment of Israel, the Israeli locality of Dalton was established about southwest of the village site. History Dallata was located on the upper slope of a hill, built on the ruins of an ancient occupied site. Excavations have found remains of settlements and agricultural installation from the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age.Bron, 2009Dalton, Survey/ref> Tombs had been located in the vicinity. An excavation carried out in 2006 on a location halfway between the ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Buwayziyya
Al-Buwayziyya ( ar, البويزية والميس) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 11, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 22 km northeast of Safad. In the 1944/45 statistics it had a population 510 Muslims. The village had elementary school for boys which was founded in 1937. History British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, ''Buaizia'' had a population of 276, all Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Safad, p42/ref> increasing in the 1931 census to 318, still all Muslims, in a total of 75 houses.Mills, 1932, p105/ref> The population were mostly engaged in agriculture and mainly grew citrus fruits, grains and vegetables.Khalidi, 1992, p.442 In 1944/45 it had a total of 14,620 dunum of land, of which 2,770 dunums was allocated to cereal farming, 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Butayha
Al-Butayha ( ar, البطيحة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 4, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion during Operation Matateh. It was located 13 km southeast of Safad, quarter of a mile east of the Jordan River, a little northeast of the northern tip of the Sea of Galilee. Many of the inhabitants were forced into Syria. History Al-Butayha was located close the Syrian border. The name means "marshland" in Arabic, in reference to the vast stretch of land in the area. In 1459 the village was visited by the Arab geographer al-Qalqashandi. British Mandate era It was classified as a hamlet by the Palestine Index Gazetteer. In the 1944/45 statistics the village was counted with Arab al-Shamalina, and together they had 650 Muslim inhabitants, with a land area of 16,690 dunums,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birya
Birya ( he, בִּירִיָּה, also Biriya) is an agricultural village in northern Israel. Located in the Upper Galilee near Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of the Merom HaGalil Regional Council. As of its population was . Biriya existed in the Classic Era, as Jews lived in Birya and environs in Talmudic times. In early Ottoman era, the village had a mixed Muslim and Jewish population. Jewish community abandoned the location in late 16th century. By late 19th century, the village of Biriyya housed an Arab Muslim community. The Jewish village was founded in 1946 on a site adjacent to the Arab town of Biriyya. Both Arab and Jewish locations were depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Under Israeli governance, a Jewish agricultural village was re-established at the site. History Antiquity The town of Birya is mentioned in the Talmud. According to the Jewish National Fund, Jews lived in Birya and environs in Talmudic times. Ottoman era In early Ottoman era, the vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biriyya
Biriyya ( ar, بيريّا) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 2, 1948, by The Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located northeast of Safad. Today the Israeli moshav of Birya includes the village site. History The village was on a hill 1.5 kilometres northeast of Safad.Khalidi, 1992, p.440 It is believed to have been built on the site of the Roman village of ''Beral'' or ''Bin'', which was later also a Jewish town. Ishtori Haparchi, however, thought the village to have been the ''Beri'' of rabbinic literature. Ottoman era In the 1596 tax record, Biriyya was a village in the nahiya of Jira ( liwa’ of Safad) with a Muslim population of 38 families and 3 bachelors, and a Jewish population of 16 families and 1 bachelor; a total estimated population of 319 persons. The villagers paid taxes on crops such as wheat, barley, and olives and other types of pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baysamun
Baysamun or Beisamoun ( ar, بيسمون, ''Beisamûn'') was a small Palestinian Arab village, located in the marshy Hula Valley northeast of Safad. In 1945, it had a population of 20.Hadawi, 1970p. 69 It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 25, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion in Operation Yiftach. Beisamoun is an important archaeological site for the Neolithic period, with two plastered human skulls, cremation signs and house floors found there. It stood in close proximity to another major Natufian ("Final Old Stone Age") site, 'Ain Mallaha. History Prehistoric and Bronze Age site Kathleen Kenyon notes that Beisamoun disappeared under modern drainage systems set up by Israel; in the fish ponds created, Neolithic remains were found that included houses and two plastered skulls.Kenyon, 1985p. 29 Rectangular houses with plastered floors show striking similarities to those at Byblos.Wright, 1985p. 30 These "Levantine pier house were also found in Yiftahel, Ayn Ghazal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arab Al-Zubayd
Arab al-Zubayd was a Palestinian village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 20, 1948, when the villagers fled on hearing the intentions of The Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach.Khalidi, 1992, p.435. It was located 15 km northeast of Safad, near the al-Mutilla-Safad—Tiberias highway. History In 1838, in the Ottoman era, ''ez-Zubeid'' was noted as an Arab tribe, within the Government of Safad.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 134/ref> British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, ''Arab Zubaid'' had a population of 257; 255 MuslimsBarron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Safad, p 42/ref> and 2 Melkite Christians, increasing in the 1931 census, when it was counted together with Al-'Ulmaniyya, to 432; 5 Christians and 427 Muslims, in a total of 100 houses.Mills, 1932, p111/ref> The population, combined with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almagor
Almagor ( he, אַלְמָגוֹר) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located in the Korazim Plateau, to the north of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Emek HaYarden Regional Council. In it had a population of . The village was established in 1961 as a Nahal settlement, before being turned into a civilian settlement in 1965. Its name is derived from a word combination meaning "lack of fear" (''al'' meaning "without"; ''magor'' meaning "fear"). Prior to the foundation of the moshav, the area had been the site for the Battle of Tel Motila, a clash between Israel and Syria on 2 May 1951. Today a large memorial stands at the site. Almagor is located on the land of the depopulated Palestinian villages of Al-Butayha and Arab al-Shamalina Arab al-Shamalina ( ar, عرب الشمالنة) also known as Khirbat Abu Zayna was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 4, 1948, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arab Al-Shamalina
Arab al-Shamalina ( ar, عرب الشمالنة) also known as Khirbat Abu Zayna was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 4, 1948, under Operation Matate (Broom), a sub operation of Operation Yiftach. It was located 13 km southeast of Safad near the Jordan River. In 1945 it had a population of 650. History The village was located north of Lake Tiberias, west of the Jordan River. The villagers were members of the ‘Arab al-Shamalina Bedouin tribe and several archaeological sites have been found in the vicinity.Khalidi, 1992, pp. 434-435 In 1875, Victor Guérin found here the foundations of a building with walls one metre in thickness. In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) noted: "Modern Arab granaries and slight traces of modern ruined houses" at ''Kh. Abu Zeineh'', or ''Shunet esh Shemalneh''. British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine, conduc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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