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Maroun Ar-Ras
Maroun el-Ras ( ar, مارون الراس) is a Lebanon, Lebanese village nestled in Jabal Amel (Mount Amel) in the district of Bint Jbeil District, Bint Jbeil in the Nabatiye Governorate in southern Lebanon. It is located around south east of Beirut, roughly one km (0.62 mi) from the border with Israel. History In 1596, it was named as a village, ''Marun er-Ras,'' in the Ottoman empire, Ottoman ''nahiya'' (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the ''Liwa (Arabic), liwa''' (district) of Safad, with a population of 97 Muslim households. The villagers paid a fixed tax of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and an olive oil press; a total of 8,960 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 181 In 1838 Edward Robinson (scholar), Edward Robinson noted it as a village located on a higher hill than Yaroun, Yarun. In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund, PEF's PEF Survey of Palestine, ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avivim
Avivim ( he, אֲבִיבִים), is a moshav in the far north of Israel, in the Upper Galilee. It is located less than one kilometre (3,000 feet) from the Blue Line with Lebanon. In its population was . History Mandatory period In 1920, Saliha was designated part of Lebanon under the auspices of the Franco-British Boundary Agreement. It was one of 24 villages transferred to British control in 1924 following the 1923 demarcation of the border between the British Mandate for Palestine and the French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon. It thus formed part of the British Mandate of Palestine. Under the 1947 United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine, Saliha was to be included in the proposed Arab state, while the boundary between it and the proposed Jewish state was to run north of the built-up area of the village. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Saliha was the site of a massacre carried out by Israeli forces shortly before the village was completely depopulated. The built str ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |