Talfit

Talfit ( ar, تلفيت) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, located southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, it had a population of 2,824 in 2007.2007 PCBS Census
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p. 110.

Location

Talfit is located south Nablus. It is bordered by Jalud and Qusra to the east, Jurish and Qabalan to the north, Eli, Mateh Binyamin to the west, and Qaryut to the south. Talfit Village Profile
ARIJ, p. 4

History

Potsherds from the Iron Age II, Persian and Byzantine/Ayyubid eras have been found.Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 655

Röhricht suggested identifying Talfit with ''Tarphin'', mentioned in a Crusader text from 1154, but a later author (Abel) preferred to locate it at ''Kh. Tarfein'' to the north of Bir Zeit. According to Finkelstein, ''Kh. Tarfein'' better fits the archaeological finds.

Potsherds from the Mamluk era has also been found.

Ottoman era

In 1596, Talfit appeared in Ottoman tax registers as a village in the ''Nahiya'' of Jabal Qubal in the ''Liwa'' of Nablus. It had a population of 12 Muslim households. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3% on wheat, barley, summer crops, olives, and goats or beehives; a total of 1,500 akçe. Potsherds from the early Ottoman era has also been found here.

In 1838 Edward Robinson noted ''Telfit'' located in ''El-Beitawy'' district, east of Nablus.

The PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' noted in 1882 that the place resembled Kabalan, described as a village of moderate size, on high ground, surrounded by olive-trees. Talfit was supplied with water from a well called Ain Telfit.

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Talfit had a population of 352, all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 464, still all Muslim, in 116 occupied houses.

In the 1945 statistics, Telfit had a population of 610 Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p
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Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreementsian rule.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 904 inhabitants.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p
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1967-present

After the Six-Day War in 1967, Talfit has been under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 97% of the village land is classified as Area B land, while the remaining 3% is Area C.

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External links

Welcome To Talfit
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14:
IAAWikimedia commons

Talfit Village Profile
Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
Talfit, aerial photo
ARIJ
{{Nablus Governorate

Nablus Governorate
Villages in the West Bank
Municipalities of the State of Palestine