Jennata ( ar, جناتا ) is a local authority in
Southern Lebanon
Southern Lebanon () is the area of Lebanon comprising the South Governorate and the Nabatiye Governorate. The two entities were divided from the same province in the early 1990s. The Rashaya and Western Beqaa Districts, the southernmost distri ...
, located in
Tyre District
The Tyre District is a district in the South Governorate of Lebanon.
History Ancient history
Founded at the start of the third millennium BC, Tyre originally consisted of a mainland settlement and a modest island city that lay a short distance o ...
,
Governorate of South Lebanon.
Name
According to
E. H. Palmer, the name comes from ''Jennat'', garden.
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 ...
found the village, (which he called ''Djennateh''), to have 60
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 ...
inhabitants. He further noted: "The village contains a number of ruined houses. A little
mosque
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...
is partly built of
ancient materials."
In 1881, the
PEF's
''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it: "A small village of stone and mud, containing about 100 Moslems.
It lies low, on arable land. The water is supplied by two
wells in the village."
[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
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Populated places in Tyre District
Shia Muslim communities in Lebanon