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Ajjur
Ajjur ( ar, عجّور) was a Palestinian Arab village of over 3,700 inhabitants in 1945, located northwest of Hebron. It became depopulated in 1948 after several military assaults by Israeli military forces. Agur, Tzafririm, Givat Yeshayahu, Li-On, and Tirosh were built on the village lands. History Near 'Ajjur, at ''Khirbet Jannaba al-Fauqa'', was a probable site of the Battle of Ajnadayn, waged in the 7th-century CE between the Rashidun Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire, and which resulted in a decisive Rashidun victory, incorporating most of Palestine into the domains of Islam. The village of 'Ajjur itself was built during early Fatimid rule in the region in the early twelfth century CE. A mosque was built during this period, and continued to serve 'Ajjur's community until its demise.Khalidi, 1992, p. 206 The village 'Ajjur is believed to be named after "a sort of cucumber." Ottoman era Arab chronicler Mujir ad-Din reported that he passed through 'Ajjur on his way fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Srigim
Srigim ( he, שריגים. lit. ''Shoots''), also known as Li On ( he, לִי אוֹן), is a community settlement in central Israel. Located to the south of Beit Shemesh. It falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of . It borders the British Park forest and the biblical Elah Valley where David fought Goliath. History The village was established in 1960 by residents of moshavim in the region, and was planned to become a regional centre. It was named after grapevines, which are common in the area. The land had previously belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of 'Ajjur. In 1996 Srigim was enlarged to include 200 families who sought to turn it into an ecological village. It boasts dozens of artists and hosts an arts fair twice a year. It has a boutique winery, a microbrewery and an olive oil mill. Notable residents *Benny Morris Benny Morris ( he, בני מוריס; born 8 December 1948) is an Israeli historian. He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanjak Gaza
Gaza Sanjak ( ar, سنجق غزة) was a sanjak of the Damascus Eyalet, Ottoman Empire centered in Gaza. In the 16th century it was divided into ''nawahi'' (singular: ''nahiya''; third-level subdivisions): Gaza in the south and Ramla in the north. List of settlements In the 1596- daftar, the sanjak contained the following nahiyah and villages/town Gaza Nahiyah * Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya, Bayt Tima, Hamama,Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 142 Al-Tina, Yibna, Isdud, Arab Suqrir,Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 143 Deir al-Balah, Burayr, Jabalia, Beit Lahia, Al-Majdal, Askalan, Bayt 'Affa, Najd, Ni'ilya,Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 144 Bayt Jirja, Hiribya, Qatra, Iraq Suwaydan, Kawkaba, Beit Jimal Monastery, Al-Batani al-Sharqi,Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 145 Al-Qubayba, Al-Faluja, Bayt Daras, Al-Maghar,Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 146 Hatta, Jusayr, Zikrin, Zayta, Barqa, Beit Hanoun, Dayr Sunayd, Simsim,Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebron Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine
The Hebron Subdistrict was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was located around the city of Hebron. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the subdistrict disintegrated. Depopulated towns and villages (current localities in parentheses) * 'Ajjur (Agur, Li-On, Tirosh) * Barqusya * Bayt Jibrin ( Beit Guvrin) * Bayt Nattif * al-Dawayima ( Amatzya) * Deir al-Dubban ( Luzit) * Dayr Nakhkhas * Kudna ( Beit Nir) * Mughallis (Gefen) * al-Qubayba (Lachish) * Ra'na ( Gal On) * Tell es-Safi * Khirbat Umm Burj ( Nehusha) * az-Zakariyya (Zekharia) * Zayta * Zikrin Zikrin ( ar, ذكرين), pronounced ''Dhikrin'', was a Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict, depopulated in the 1948 Palestine War. The site is located about northwest of Beit Gubrin and sits at a mean elevation of above sea-lev ... Subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine {{Mandate-Palestine-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agur, Israel
Agur ( he, עָגוּר, ''lit.'' Crane), pronounced ''ʻAoor'', is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council Mateh Yehuda Regional Council ( he, מועצה אזורית מטה יהודה, ''Mo'atza Azorit Mateh Yehuda'', ar, مجلس إقليمي ماتيه يهودا ) is a regional council in the Jerusalem District of Israel. In 2008 it was home to 3 .... In it had a population of . History The village was established in 1950 by immigrants from Yemen on land that had belonged to the Palestinian village of Ajjur, which was occupied and depopulated in October 1948 by the Fourth Battalion of the Giv'ati Brigade as part of Operation Yoav.Agur Homee In 1953 the founders left to establish another moshav, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzafririm
Tzafririm ( he, צַפְרִירִים, , Zephyrs) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was established in 1958 by immigrants from Morocco, Iran, Iraq and India on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of 'Ajjur. Notable residents * Aarele Ben Arieh Aarele Ben Arieh is an Israeli artist and sculptor known for his monumental environmental artworks. Biography Aharon (Aarele / Aarale) Ben Arieh was born in Haifa in 1955, and today his home and work base are in Moshav Tzafririm in the Ella Vall ... (Israeli artist) Gallery File:Giv'at Seled, near Tzafririm.jpg, A verdant green hill near Moshav Tzafririm File:Moshav Tzafririm.jpg, Moshav "Tzafririm" in Spring File:Sheep grazing against background of Moshav Tzafririm.jpg, Grazing sheep near the Moshav File:Unknown moshav.JPG, Moshav Tzafririm References {{Mateh Yehu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Givat Yeshayahu
Givat Yeshayahu ( he, גִּבְעַת יְשַׁעְיָהוּ, ''lit.'' Yeshayahu Hill) is a moshav in central Israel. Located in the Valley of Elah around ten kilometres south of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of . History Givat Yeshayahu was established in 1958 by immigrants from Hungary, members of the Jewish youth movement HaNoar HaTzioni and was named after Yeshayahu Press, a prominent researcher. It was built on the land of the depopulated Palestinian village of 'Ajjur Ajjur ( ar, عجّور) was a Palestinian Arab village of over 3,700 inhabitants in 1945, located northwest of Hebron. It became depopulated in 1948 after several military assaults by Israeli military forces. Agur, Tzafririm, Givat Yeshayahu, .... In 2016, ancient Roman milestones from Highway 38 were moved to an archaeological park on the outskirts of Givat Yeshayahu. Givat Yeshayahu, surrounded by wineries and ancient wine p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tirosh
Tirosh ( he, תִּירוֹשׁ, ''lit.'' Grape juice) is a moshav in central Israel. Located between Beit Shemesh and Kiryat Malakhi, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was established in 1955 by Jewish immigrants and refugees from North Africa on land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of 'Ajjur. Its name is derived from the fact that there are many vineyards in the area. Just outside the village is the reported location of a storage facility for nuclear weapons A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions ( thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion. Both bom .... References {{Mateh Yehuda Regional Council Moshavim Populated places established in 1955 Israeli nuclear development Populated places in Jerusalem District 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaza City
Gaza (;''The New Oxford Dictionary of English'' (1998), , p. 761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory in Palestine, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza...". ar, غَزَّة ', ), also referred to as Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, with a population of 590,481 (in 2017), making it the largest city in the State of Palestine. Inhabited since at least the 15th century BCE, Gaza has been dominated by several different peoples and empires throughout its history. The Philistines made it a part of their pentapolis after the Ancient Egyptians had ruled it for nearly 350 years. Under the Roman Empire Gaza experienced relative peace and its port flourished. In 635 CE, it became the first city in Palestine to be conquered by the Muslim Rashidun army and quickly developed into a center of Islamic law. However, by the time the Crusaders invaded the country starting in 1099, Gaza was in ruins. In later centuries, Gaza experienced sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatimid
The Fatimid Caliphate was an Ismaili Shi'a Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that the Prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali, ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his S ... caliphate extant from the tenth to the twelfth centuries AD. Spanning a large area of North Africa, it ranged from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Red Sea in the east. The Fatimid dynasty, Fatimids, a dynasty of Arab origin, trace their ancestry to Muhammad's daughter Fatimah, Fatima and her husband Ali, ‘Ali b. Abi Talib, the first Imamate in Shia doctrine, Shi‘a imam. The Fatimids were acknowledged as the rightful imams by different Isma'ilism, Isma‘ili communities, but also in many other Muslim lands, including Persia and the adjacent regions. Originating during the Abbasid Caliphate, the Fatimids conquered Tunisia and established the city of "Mahdia, al-Mahdiyya" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosque
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a Place of worship, place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers (sujud) are performed, including outdoor courtyards. The first mosques were simple places of prayer for Muslims, and may have been open spaces rather than buildings. In the first stage of Islamic architecture, 650-750 CE, early mosques comprised open and closed covered spaces enclosed by walls, often with minarets from which Adhan, calls to prayer were issued. Mosque buildings typically contain an ornamental niche (''mihrab'') set into the wall that indicates the direction of Mecca (''qiblah''), Wudu, ablution facilities. The pulpit (''minbar''), from which the Friday (jumu'ah) sermon (''khutba'') is delivered, was in earlier times characteristic of the central city mosque, but has since become common in smaller mosques. Mosques typically have Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mujir Al-Din Al-'Ulaymi
Mujīr al-Dīn al-ʿUlaymī (Arabic: ) (1456–1522), often simply Mujir al-Din, was a Jerusalemite ''qadi'' and historian whose principal work chronicled the history of Jerusalem and Hebron in the Middle Ages.Little, 1995, p. 237.van Donzel, 1994, p. 291. Entitled ''al-Uns al-Jalil bi-tarikh al-Quds wal-Khalil'' ("The glorious history of Jerusalem and Hebron") (c. 1495), it is considered to be invaluable, constituting "the most comprehensive and detailed source for the history of Jerusalem" written in its time.Khalidi, 1998, p. 216, footnote 25.Murphy-O'Connor, 2008, p. 148. Name and background Commonly known simply as Mujir al-Din or the Ibn Quttainah, he was born 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-'Ulaymi (Arabic: ) during the period of Mamluk rule over Palestine into a family of notables native to the city of Jerusalem. Among his many ''nisbas'' is al-Hanbali, referring to the Islamic school of thought to which he adhered. Another is al-'Umari, denoting that his ancestral l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palestine Grid
The Palestine grid was the geographic coordinate system used by the Survey Department of Palestine. The system was chosen by the Survey Department of the Government of Palestine in 1922. The projection used was the Cassini-Soldner projection. The central meridian (the line of longitude along which there is no local distortion) was chosen as that passing through a marker on the hill of Mar Elias Monastery south of Jerusalem. The false origin (zero point) of the grid was placed 100 km to the south and west of the Ali el-Muntar hill that overlooks Gaza city. The unit length for the grid was the kilometre; the British units were not even considered. At the time the grid was established, there was no intention of mapping the lower reaches of the Negev Desert, but this did not remain true. Those southern regions having a negative north-south coordinate then became a source of confusion, which was solved by adding 1000 to the northern coordinate in that case. For some military purpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
