Muqeible
Muqeible مقيبلة |
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Grid position | 177/213 PAL |
Council | Gilboa Regional Council |
Population (2014)[1] | 3,581 |
Muqeible or Muqeibla (Arabic: مقيبلة, Hebrew: <templatestyles src="Script/styles_hebrew.css" />מֻקֵיבִּלָה), meaning "The front place",[2] is an Arab town in Israel's North District, situated in the Jezreel Valley between Jenin in the West Bank and the Ta'anakh area. It is a part of the Gilboa Regional Council.In 2014 its population was 3,581. The inhabitants are Muslims and Christians.
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History
During the Roman-era, a town called "Muqeibleh" stood at the site. Byzantine-era settlement is attested to archaeologically by a well and pottery workshops from that period near the present village.[3]
Ottoman era
According to a local inhabitant, the villagers moved here from the al-Haram-Sidna Ali-area in the latter part of the Ottoman period.[3] Victor Guérin, who visited in 1870, noted that the village contained 400 inhabitants and had a number of cisterns.[4] In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described Muqeible as "a mud village in the plain, supplied by cisterns."[5]
British Mandate era
In the census conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities, Muquibleh had a population of 201; 181 Muslims and 20 Christians,[6] increasing in the 1931 census to 270; 244 Muslims and 26 Christians, in a total of 67 houses.[7]
By 1945 Muqeible had 460 inhabitants, all classified as Arabs. They owned a total of 2,687 dunams of land, while 4,441 dunams were public, a total of 7,128.[8] Of this, 174 dunams were used for plantations or irrigable land, 6,421 for cereals,[9] while 22 dunams were built-up land.[10]
1948, aftermath
After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Muqeible has been part of the State of Israel.
In 1994, Andrew Petersen, an archaeologist specializing in Islamic architecture, examined the "Hawsh"; a large, square courtyard building, resembling a khan, in the center of the village. The central courtyard of the "Hawsh" measures approximately 30m per side. On the east side there is a small gateway, leading into a tall iwan. Petersen noted that the masonry suggested that it was built either in late Ottoman or early Mandate Period.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 2014 populations Israel Central Bureau of Statistics
- ↑ Palmer, 1881, p.151
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Petersen, 2001, p. 223
- ↑ Guérin, 1874, p. 327. Also cited in Petersen, 2001, p. 223
- ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 45, also cited in Petersen, 2001, p. 223
- ↑ Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 29
- ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 69
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 55
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 99
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 149
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External links
- Welcome To Muqeibila
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Map, 1946