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Sanniriya
Sanniriya () is a Palestinian town in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western area of the West Bank, south of Qalqilya and southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 3,609 inhabitants in 2017. Location Sanniriya is southeast of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by Biddya to the east, Mas-ha to the south, Beit ‘Amin to the west, and Kafr Thulth to the north. History Sanniriya was founded in the 14th century by Issa as-Saniri, a holy man from Syria, who is buried in the village. Because of his tomb which is venerated by the local inhabitants, religious festivals were held in the village and the old mosque was built adjacent to it also in the 14th century. The prominent clans of the immediate area today—Sheikh, Omar, Ahmad, and Younis—are descendants of as-Saniri. The Abu Hadgi clan migrated to Sanniriya from Deir Istiya. In 1870 the French explorer Victor Guérin visited the village, which he found situated on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kafr Thulth
Kafr Thulth () is a Palestinians, Palestinian town located on high, flat land south of Azzoun, south of Tulkarm in the Qalqilya Governorate. The average elevation is above sea level. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town's population was 5,606 in the 2017 census. Name ''Kafr'' in Syriac language, Syriac means "village" and ''Thulth'' means "three" or "a third". This name preserves the Place names of Palestine, place name, originally in Hebrew, of Baal-shalisha, an ancient Biblical village believed to have been located to the south at a site known in modern times as Khirbat Sirisya.Freedman et al., 2000p. 136 Geography Kafr Thulth is bordered by Azzun to the south, Sanniriya and Biddya villages to the east and Deir Istiya to the west. In 1948, parts of Kharab and Aizab, such as, Salman, al-Moudwer, al-Sheikh Ahmad, al-Ashqar, Ras Tirah, al-Dabha, Kirash Kherba and Ras Atiya — villages or land areas that originally belonged to Kafr Thulth were s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beit Amin
Beit Amin () is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western West Bank, located south of Qalqilya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,279 inhabitants in 2017. Location Beit Amin is located 8.35 km south-east of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by Sanniriya to the east, ''Al Mudawwar'' and ''‘Izbat al Ashqar'' to the south, ''‘Izbat Salman'' to the west, and ‘Azzun ‘Atma to the north. History In 1882 the PEF's '' Survey of Western Palestine'' noted ''Khurbet Beit Yemin'' (under "Archæology"): "Walls, cisterns and rock-cut tomb." British Mandate The village passed to British control they defeated the Ottoman Empire in World War 1. The village was administered under the British Mandate for Palestine until 1948. Jordanian Era In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Beit Amin came under Jordanian rule. Post-1967 Since the Six-Day War in 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mas-ha
Mas-ha () is a Palestinian village in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, 24 kilometers southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 2,370 in 2017. Location Mas-ha is north-west of Salfit. It is bordered by Biddya to the east, Az Zawiya to the south, Azzun Atma to the west, and Sanniriya and Beit Amin to the north. History Potsherds from the Byzantine, Byzantine/Umayyad, Crusader/ Ayyubid and Mamluk era have been found here. In the northwest of the village, a few reused bossed stones were found by the survey team.Finkelstein, 1997, p. 264 Ottoman era Potsherds from the early Ottoman era have also been found. Masha appeared in 1596 Ottoman tax registers as being in the ''Nahiya'' of Jabal Qubal, part of the Sanjak of Nablus. It had a population of five households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biddya
Biddya () is a Palestinian city in the Salfit Governorate, located 32 kilometers southwest of Nablus and half that distance from Salfit in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Biddya had a population of 10,451 in 2017. The town is governed by a municipal council of eleven members who each represent the prominent families of Biddya and select a mayor. Biddya is situated on the western ridge of the central mountain range that runs north-south in the West Bank. The historical Nablus-Jerusalem road is nearby. A maqam (shrine) for a local holy man, Sheikh Hamdan is located in the town. Location Biddya is located north-west of Salfit. It is bordered by Qarawat Bani Hassan and Sarta to the east, Kafr ad Dik to the south, Sanniriya, Rafat, Az Zawiya and Mas-ha to the west, and Kafr Thulth to the north. It has an elevation of about 359 meters above sea level. History Archaeology Potsherds from the Iron Age II, Byzanti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qalqilya Governorate
The Qalqilya Governorate or Qalqiliya Governorate () is an administrative area of Palestine in the northwestern West Bank. Its capital or ''muhfaza'' (seat) is the city of Qalqilya that borders the Green Line. History During the Ottoman period, the region later forming the Qalqiliya Governorate belonged to Jabal Nablus. Like other regionls of Nablus' peripheral hinterland, it followed the provincial center, led by a closely knit web of economic, social and political relations between Nablus’ urban notables and the city’s surroundings. With the help of rural trading partners, these urban notables established trading monopolies that transformed Jabal Nablus’ autarkic economy into an export-driven market, shipping vast quantities of cash crops and finished goods to off-shore markets. Increasing demand for these commodities in the Ottoman Empire’s urban centers and in Europe spurred demographic growth and settlement expansion in the lowlands surrounding Jabal Nablus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deir Istiya
Deir Istiya () is a Palestinians, Palestinian town of 3,696 in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, southwest of Nablus. The Built up area, built-up area of Deir Istiya is 74 dunams, and its old city has about thirty families. Location Deir Istiya is north of Salfit. It is bordered by Zeita Jamma’in and Kifl Haris to the east, Haris, Salfit, Haris and Qarawat Bani Hassan to the south, Kafr Thulth and ‘Azzun to the west, and Kafr Laqif, Jinsafut and Immatain to the north. History The town is named for the nearby tomb of Istiya which, according to ethnographer Tawfiq Canaan and historian Moshe Sharon, is the Arabic name for Isaiah. Potsherds from Iron Age#Near East timeline, Iron Age II, Crusader states, Crusader/Ayyubid dynasty, Ayyubid and the Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo), Mamluk era have been found by at Deir Istiya.Finkelstein et al., 1997, p. 487 A Mikveh, ritual bath typical of the Second Temple period was discovered in the northweste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayr Ghassana
Bani Zeid () is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of Palestine, in the north-central West Bank, located northwest of Ramallah, about 45 kilometers northwest of Jerusalem and about southwest of Salfit. A town of over 6,000 inhabitants, Bani Zeid was founded when the villages of Deir Ghassaneh and Beit Rima merged to form a municipality in 1966 during the Jordanian rule.Bani Zeid: Excerpt Palestinian Association for Culture Exchange Bani Zeid owes its name to the that was granted the area as a by the |
Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)
The Mamluk Sultanate (), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled medieval Egypt, Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz from the mid-13th to early 16th centuries, with Cairo as its capital. It was ruled by a military caste of mamluks (freed slave soldiers) headed by a sultan. The sultanate was established with the overthrow of the Ayyubid dynasty in Egypt in 1250 and was Ottoman–Mamluk War (1516–1517), conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1517. Mamluk history is generally divided into the Turkic peoples, Turkic or Bahri Mamluks, Bahri period (1250–1382) and the Circassians, Circassian or Burji Mamluks, Burji period (1382–1517), called after the predominant ethnicity or corps of the ruling Mamluks during these respective eras. The first rulers of the sultanate hailed from the mamluk regiments of the Ayyubid sultan as-Salih Ayyub (), usurping power from his successor in 1250. The Mamluks under Sultan Qutuz and Baybars Battle of Ain Jalut, routed the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vault (architecture)
In architecture, a vault (French ''voûte'', from Italian ''volta'') is a self-supporting arched form, usually of stone or brick, serving to cover a space with a ceiling or roof. As in building an arch, a temporary support is needed while rings of voussoirs are constructed and the rings placed in position. Until the topmost voussoir, the Keystone (architecture), keystone, is positioned, the vault is not self-supporting. Where timber is easily obtained, this temporary support is provided by centering consisting of a framed truss with a semicircular or Circular segment, segmental head, which supports the voussoirs until the ring of the whole arch is completed. The Mycenaean Greece, Mycenaeans (ca. 18th century BC, 1800–1050s BC, 1050 BC) were known for their Tholos (architecture), tholos tombs, also called beehive tombs, which were underground structures with conical vaults. This type of vault is one of the earliest evidences of curved brick architecture without the use of ston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majdal Yaba
Majdal Yaba () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, northeast of Ramla and east of Jaffa. A walled Jewish settlement name Migdal Aphek (; Ancient Greek: ''Αφεχού πύργος'') stood at the same site as early as the second century BCE, and it was later destroyed by the Romans during the First Jewish–Roman War in 67 CE. In the Crusader period, a fort named Mirabel was built at the site. Muslim 13th-century sources mention it as Majdal Yaba. For a short time under Ottoman rule, its name was changed from Majdal Yaba to Majdal Sadiq and then back again. Incorporated into Mandatory Palestine in 1922, Majdal Yaba was captured by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab–Israeli war on July 12, 1948. The town was depopulated as a result of the military assault. The number of refugees from Majdal Yaba was estimated at 1,763. In 1166, lands belonging to the fortress and the harvest of its fields were given to the Church of St. John the Baptist in Nablus. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highway 5 (Israel–Palestine)
Highway 5 or the Trans-Samaria Highway (, ''Kvish Hotze Shomron''), is one of Israel's main highways, connecting the Mediterranean coast immediately north of Tel Aviv with the central Sharon plain and eastwards to Ariel and other Israeli settlements in the northern West Bank. The name ''Highway 5'' is commonly used to describe the section of the highway running from the road's western end at the Glilot Interchange until it reaches the main entrance of Ariel. In this capacity it intersects and creates a connection between four important arterial freeways in the northern Tel Aviv area: The Coastal Highway (Highway 2), the Ayalon Highway (Highway 20), Geha Highway (Highway 4) and the Cross-Israel Highway (Highway 6). An alternate name for the entire highway is ''Kvish Hotze Shomron'' meaning the ''Trans-Samaria Highway'' though often this name is used when referring specifically to the section of the road in the West Bank, i.e., past the Green Line, where it continues east tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamma'in
Jamma'in () is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located southwest of Nablus, northwest of Salfit and north of Ramallah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 7,436 in 2017. Location Jamma’in is located 11.26 km south of Nablus. It is bordered by 'Einabus and Huwwara to the east, Yasuf, Iskaka and Marda to the south, Zeita Jamma'in to the west, 'Asira al Qibliya and 'Urif to the north. History Jamma'in is situated on a high hill on the ancient site. Carved stones have been reused in village houses, walls, fencing and agricultural terraces. Rock-cut cisterns have also been found. 400 meters north-west are tombs carved into rock which contains one loculi and caves (called I-Qubay'ah).Dauphin, 1998, p. 807 Sherds from the Iron Age I, IAII, Persian, Hellenistic,Finkelstein and Lederman, 1997, p. 506 Roman and Byzantine eras have also been found here ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
