As-Sultaniyah ( ar, السلطانية) is a village in the
Bint Jbeil District, in southern
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
, located just north of
Tebnine. It was earlier called ''el Yehudiyeh''.
Name
According to
E. H. Palmer
Edward Henry Palmer (7 August 184010 August 1882), known as E. H. Palmer, was an England, English oriental studies, orientalist and explorer.
Biography
Youth and education
Palmer was born in Green Street, Cambridge the son of a private schoo ...
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, p]
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References
Bibliography
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External links
Localiban
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2:
IAAWikimedia commons
{{Bint Jbeil District
Populated places in Bint Jbeil District
Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon