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Tiberias Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine
Tiberias Subdistrict ( ar, قضاء طبريا, he, נפת טבריה) is one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine under Gaza Hamas before it was conquered by terrorists from Israel in 1948. I am in the neighborhood of Tiberias. since 1945 it has been part of the Galilee District. According to the 1947 partition plan, the district was to belong entirely to the Jewish state. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, small areas south and east of the Sea of Galilee were conquered by the Syrian Army and became No Man's Land, while the whole of the sub-district became the modern Kineret sub-district Kinneret County in the North District Borders * Safad Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine, Safad Subdistrict (North) * Acre Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine, Acre Subdistrict (West) * Beisan Subdistrict (South) * Nazareth Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine, Nazareth Subdistrict (West) * Syria (East) Depopulated towns and villages [...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] |
Awlam
Awlam ( ar, عولم) was a Palestinian village south of Tiberias situated on the slopes of the westward Wadi Awlam. History Awlam is identified as ''Oulamma'', an important town that existed during the Roman era of rule in Palestine.Khalidi, 1992, p. 514 Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here. The Crusaders referred to it as ''Heulem''. In 1144 the tithes of the village was given to the bishop of Tiberias. In 1174, the Bishop conceded its tithes to the church of Mount Tabor. Ottoman era Awlam was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and by 1596 it was a village under the administration of the ''nahiya'' ("subdistrict") of Tiberias, part of the ''sanjak'' of Safad. The village had a population of 12 households and 3 bachelors, an estimated 83 persons, all Muslims. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on wheat, barley, goats, and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 3,409 Akçe. A map by Pierre Jacotin from Napoleon's invasion of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasir Ad-Din, Tiberias
Nasir ad-Dīn ( ar, نصر الدين) was a small Palestinian Arab village southwest of Tiberias, on the crest of a slope that overlooks the Sea of Galilee. The village had several springs to the east, south, and southeast. In the 1931 British census 179 people lived there,Khalidi, 1992, p. 534 decreasing to 90 in a 1945 census. Nasir ad-Din and nearby al-Manara were in the same jurisdiction with 4,185 dunams of land, most of which was allocated to cereals. History Archeological excavations has shown that the place was inhabited in the Hellenistic era, and that a major settlement was here during the Roman era, in 2nd to 4th century CE. Nasir ad-Din is named after a shrine dedicated to Nasir ad-Din, an Ayyubid general who died while fighting the Crusaders and buried to the north of the village, according to local legend. A kilometer to the west is the shrine for another Muslim soldier who died fighting the Crusaders, named Sheikh al-Qaddumi. British Mandate era In the 1922 ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Mansura, Tiberias
Al-Mansura ( ar, المنصورة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 10, 1948. It was located 16 kilometres northwest of Tiberias. History Al-Mansura, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1596, the village was located in the ''nahiya'' of Tabariyya, part of Safad Sanjak. It had a population of 16 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, rice, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; the taxes totalled 530 akçe. In 1838, el-Mansura was noted as a Druse village in the ''Esh-Shagur'' district, located between Safad, Acca and Tiberias. In 1875 Victor Guérin found the village to have 200 Druse inhabitants. In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' described El Mansurah as "A stone-built village, situa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Manshiyya, Tiberias
Al-Manshiyya ( ar, المنشية) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict, located 11 kilometres south of Tiberias. It was probably depopulated at the same time as neighbouring Al-'Ubaydiyya, in the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. Manshiyya was located 1 km south-west of Umm Junieh or Khirbat Umm Juni. History Ottoman period In 1799, in the late Ottoman period, Um Junieh was noted as "ruins" on the map of Pierre Jacotin. In 1875, Victor Guérin noted Um Junieh as a village. In the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' in 1881 Umm Junieh was described as having 250 inhabitants, all Muslim. They noted that it was possible that Umm Junieh was the place which Josephus called Union. In the 1880s the land of Khirbat Umm Juni and Al-Manshiyya was bought on behalf of the Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith. The Arab inhabitants continued to farm the land as tenant farmers. A population list from about 1887 showed that ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Manara, Palestine
Al-Manara ( ar, المنارة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 1, 1948, by Jewish troops. It was located 5 km south of Tiberias. History Al-Manara contains Khirbat al-Manara and Khirbat Sarjuna. The Crusaders referred to al-Manara as ''Menan''. In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' noted at ''el Menarah'': "Ruined Arab houses, all basalt; no cisterns".Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p413/ref> British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, ''Manara'' had a population of 122; 121 Muslims and 1 Jew,Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Tiberias, p 40/ref> increasing in the 1931 census to 214 Muslims, in 33 houses.Mills, 1932, p 83/ref> In the 1944/1945 statistics it had total population of 490 Muslims, and together with the people of Nasir ad-Din they had 4,185 dunams of land. Of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Majdal, Tiberias
Al-Majdal ( ar, المجدل, "tower", also transliterated Majdal, Majdil and Mejdel) was a Palestinian Arab village, located on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee ( below sea level), north of Tiberias and south of Khan Minyeh. It is identified with the site of the ancient Jewish town of Magdala, reputed to be the birthplace of Mary Magdalene,Pringle, 1998, p28/ref> destroyed by the Romans during the First Jewish-Roman War. Christian pilgrims wrote of their visits to see the house and church of Mary Magdalene from the 6th century onward, but little is known about the village in the Mamluk and early Ottoman period, indicating it was likely small or uninhabited.Schaberg, 2004, pp 5657. In the 19th century, Western travellers interested in the biblical history of Palestine documented their observations of Al-Majdal, generally describing it as a very small and poor Muslim village. In 1910–11, Russian Zionists founded Migdal adjacent to Al-Majdal. Just prior to the outbreak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ma'dhar
Ma'dhar was a Palestinian village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948, by the Golani Brigade of Operation Gideon. It was located 12.5 km southwest of Tiberias. History Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here. The Crusaders referred to Ma'dhar as ''Kapharmater''.Khalidi, 1992, p. 528 Ottoman era Ma'dhar was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and by 1596, it was a village under the administration of the ''nahiya'' ("subdistrict") of Tiberias, part of Safad Sanjak. The village had a population of 17 households, an estimated 94 inhabitants, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on wheat, barley, goats, beehives and orchards; a total of 2,000 Akçe. A map from French campaign in Egypt and Syria, Napoleon's invasion of 1799 by Pierre Jacotin showed the place, named as ''Chara,'' but misplaced. In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund, PEF's ''PEF Survey o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lubya
Lubya ( ar, لوبيا "bean"), sometimes referred to as Lubia, was a Palestinian Arab town located ten kilometers west of Tiberias that was captured and destroyed by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War where its residents were forcefully evacuated and became refugees. Nearby villages included Nimrin to the north, Hittin to the northwest, and al-Shajara to the south; Each of those villages were also depopulated. Lubya had a total land area of 39,629 dunams (3,963ha), of which 83% was Arab-owned and the remainder public property. Most of its cultivable land was planted with cereals while only 1,500 dunams (150 ha) were planted with olive groves. The village's built-up area was 210 dunams (21 ha). History Archaeological excavations have revealed remains dating from the Roman era, second century BCE until the fifth century CE. The village was known as ''Lubia'' by the Crusaders and was a rest stop for Saladin's Ayyubid army prior to the Battle of Hattin. It is the birthplace o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kafr Sabt
Kafr Sabt ( ar, كفر سبت) was a Palestinian Arab village of nearly 500 situated on a sloping plain in the eastern Lower Galilee located southwest of Tiberias. It was depopulated in 1948. Location, geography Kafr Sabt was set near the eastern margin of a large plateau, just south of the ancient main road linking the coastal city of Acre with the Jordan Valley and Transjordan. The road descends from the village to the Jordan Valley deep below by following Wadi Fidjdjas, a valley offering the least steep route available. Kafr Sabt benefited of the large springs from Wadi Fidjdjas. History Roman period During the Roman period, Kafr Sabt was known as Kafar Shabtay,Khalidi, 1992, p.526. meaning "village of Sabbath". It is mentioned in Genesis Rabbah, a midrash written between 300 and 500 CE: " Beth Ma'on, they ascend to it from Tiberias, but they go down to it from Kefar Shobtai." Early Muslim period Arab geographer al-Muqaddasi mentions the village in 985, while under Abbasid rul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hittin
Hittin ( ar, حطّين, transliterated ''Ḥiṭṭīn'' ( ar, حِـطِّـيْـن) or ''Ḥaṭṭīn'' ( ar, حَـطِّـيْـن)) was a Palestinian village located west of Tiberias before it was occupied by Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war when most of its original residents became refugees. As the site of the Battle of Hattin in 1187, in which Saladin reconquered most of Palestine from the Crusaders, it has become an Arab nationalist symbol. The shrine of Nabi Shu'ayb, venerated by the Druze and Sunni Muslims as the tomb of Jethro, is on the village land. The village was ruled by the Ottoman Empire from the 16th century until the end of World War I, when Palestine became part of the British Mandate for Palestine. In 1948, the village was occupied and later depopulated by Israel. History Hittin was located on the northern slopes of the double hill known as the "Horns of Hattin." It was strategically and commercially significant due to its location overlooking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Hamma, Tiberias
Al-Hamma ( ar, الحمّة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict, southeast of Tiberias. It was situated on a narrow salient in the Yarmouk Valley bounded by Syria to the north and Transjordan to the south and east. Al-Hamma was one of the stations on the Jezreel Valley railway, linking the Hejaz Railway to Haifa. It was depopulated twice, once in July 1949, and again between 1949 and 1956. History Emmatha, Roman and Byzantine periods During the Roman Empire it was known as Emmatha. During this period, Al-Hamma belonged to the district of Gadara. Early Muslim Period Recent excavations have revealed a large Umayyad public building comprising several rooms with mosaic floors, set with red, black and white tesserae. The building seems to have been destroyed by the 749 Golan earthquake, but was rebuilt and used until finally abandoned after the earthquake of 1033.Hartal, 2010Hammat Gader, ‘Ein el-Jarab Preliminary Report Ottoman Empire Al-Hamma appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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