Kunin ( ar, كونين) is a
Lebanese municipality located in
Bint Jbeil District
The Bint Jbeil District is a district in the Nabatiyeh Governorate of Lebanon. The capital of the district is Bint Jbeil.
Villages
The following 36 municipalities are all located in the Bint Jbeil District:
*Aynata
* Aayta Ech Chaab
* Aayta Ej ...
, south-east of
Tebnine
Tebnine ( ar, تبنين ''Tibnīn'', also Romanized ''Tibnine'') is a Lebanese town spread across several hills (ranging in altitude from 700m to 800m (2,275 ft to 2,600 ft) above sea level) located about east of Tyre (Lebanon), i ...
.
Name
E. H. Palmer wrote that the name ''Kunin'' came from a personal name.
History
In 1875,
Victor Guérin
Victor Guérin (15 September 1821 – 21 Septembe 1890) was a French intellectual, explorer and amateur archaeologist. He published books describing the geography, archeology and history of the areas he explored, which included Greece, Asia Min ...
gives the population of this place at 400, divided between Moslems and
Metawileh
Lebanese Shia Muslims ( ar, المسلمون الشيعة اللبنانيين), historically known as ''matāwila'' ( ar, متاولة, plural of ''mutawālin'' ebanese pronounced as ''metouali'' refers to Lebanese people who are adherents ...
.
In 1881, the
PEF's
''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 200
Metawileh ; it is situated on ridge, with olives and arable land around ; water from
cisterns in the village and from a large ''birket''." They further noted: "There are two round and two
octagonal
In geometry, an octagon (from the Greek ὀκτάγωνον ''oktágōnon'', "eight angles") is an eight-sided polygon or 8-gon.
A '' regular octagon'' has Schläfli symbol and can also be constructed as a quasiregular truncated square, t, w ...
pillars at this village, remains of old materials, and a
lintel measuring 17' long and bearing a Greek inscription. There are also several cisterns and a large birkeh. The inscription on the lintel is probably the common formula, KYPIE BOHΘH ("Help, Lord")."
[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 4
IAAWikimedia commons
{{Bint Jbeil District
Populated places in Bint Jbeil District
Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon