Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya
Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya | ||
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Governorate Nablus Governorate | | |
Government | ||
• Type | Municipality | |
Elevation | 586 m (1,923 ft) | |
Population (2017)[1] | ||
• Total | 2,640 | |
Name meaning | White or Frankincense |
Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya (
In 2012, Ammuriya was joined with Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya into one Municipal Council, called Al Lubban ash Sharqiya.[2]
Location
Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya is bordered by
History
Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya has been identified with biblical
The village was known as "Lubanum" to the Crusaders,[8][9] and sherds from Crusader/Ayyubid have also been found here.[6]
In 593 AH/1196 CE, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahid al-Makhzumi al-Lubanni (d. 1260), a qadi (Islamic judge) in Baalbek, was born in the village.[10] In 1320s CE it was marked as Casale Lepna on the map of Marino Sanuto.[11]
Sherds from the
Ottoman era
In 1517, the village was incorporated into the
In the
In 1838 it was noted as a village el-Lubban, part of the Jurat Merda district, south of Nablus.[14] It was also noted that it was inhabited, and had the appearance of an old place, with rock cut tombs above it.[15] French explorer Victor Guérin visited the village in 1863, and found it to be in a poor state, but with beautiful old elements as part of the houses. The population was estimated to be 300.[16]
In 1870/1871 (1288
British Mandate era
In the
In the 1945 statistics Lubban Sharqiya had a population of 620, all Muslims,[21] with 12,545 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[22] Of this, 2,424 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 5,605 used for cereals,[23] while 34 dunams were built-up land.[24]
Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya came under Jordanian rule. It was annexed by Jordan in 1950.
In 1961, the population of Lubban Sharqiye was 984.[25]
Post-1967
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya has been under Israeli occupation. The population of Lubben Sharqiya in the 1967 census conducted by Israel was 823, of whom 37 originated from the Israeli territory.[26]
Under the
On 5 November 1990, at Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya a local villager, Ali el Khatib, aged 65 was gunned down while riding his donkey to an olive grove, and a few second later, gunfire from the same Israeli Peugeot killed Miriam Salman Rashid while she was standing outside her home. The car then sped off towards
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya had a population of 2,465 in the 2007 census and 2,640 by 2017.[1][29] The population is primarily made up of two clans, the Daraghmeh and Awaysa.
In 2009, two members of Yesh Din wrote in Haaretz about settlers from Eli who had taken control over land in the area, which had seriously damaged the ability of the villagers from Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya to work their land. According to the writers, this was part of a systematic strategy to remove all Palestinians from Area C, and the authors concluded that "an infrastructure of Jewish terror is being created in the West Bank."[30]
On 4 May 2010, a fire broke out in the main mosque of al-Lubban al-Sharqiyya, destroying carpets and religious texts.
In February 2012, an IDF soldier from the Golani Brigade, together with two women were arrested for defacing a village home with graffiti "Mohammed is a Pig". Security cameras in the village showed one of them destroying construction material.[35]
In March 2012, the
According to the village head of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, the villagers were only allowed near another local spring, Ain Arik, for a few days of the year during harvest time. The rest of the year they would be stopped by the Israeli military.[37][38]
One family, the Daraghmehs, have repeatedly complained of harassment from Israeli settlers, saying that both animals and crops have been destroyed. In response, both local and international supporters have come to their aid.[39]
Khan al-Lubban
Between al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya and
In the spring of 1697, Henry Maundrell stayed at the Khan first on the way south to Jerusalem,[41] and then on the way back.[42] Maundrell was also the first person to identify the place as "Lebonah" (Judges 21:19).[41]
In 1838 Edward Robinson found the Khan "in ruins", but noted near it a "fine fountain of running water",[15] the same was found by de Saulcy in 1850.[43] In 1882, the Khan was also described as "ruined", but with a fine spring beneath it.[44]
During the British Mandate period, the authorities took advantage of its strategic position and used Khan al-Lubban as a police station.[
Because of its proximity to the larger caravansary towns of Nablus and al-Bireh, Khan al-Lubban only consists of a single story, unlike most caravansaries which have two or more.[citation needed] The layout of Khan al-Lubban is square-shaped, with each side measuring roughly 23 meters in length. Most of the original building remains intact, with the entrance way bordered by stables on both sides and leading into a courtyard.[citation needed] The eastern and western rooms served administrative functions while the northern rooms served as visitor lodging.[40]
Demography
Some residents of Lubban have their origins in al-Walaja.[45]
See also
References
- ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Al Lubban ash Sharqiya Village Profile (including ‘Ammuriya Locality), ARIJ, p. 5
- ARIJ, p. 4
- ^ Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Lebonah". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.
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- ^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 816
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- ^ Röhricht, 1893, RHH, p. 82, No. 321; cited in Pringle, 1998, p. 105
- ^ Ellenblum, 2003, p. 245
- ^ Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 617
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 131
- ^ Marom, Roy (2022-11-01). "Jindās: A History of Lydda's Rural Hinterland in the 15th to the 20th Centuries CE". Lod, Lydda, Diospolis. 1: 17.
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 127
- ^ a b Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 2, p. 90
- ^ Guérin, 1875, pp. 164-5
- ^ Grossman, David (2004). Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine. Jerusalem: Magnes Press. p. 253.
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 286
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. 25
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 62
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 18
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 60
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 107 Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 157 Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 26
- ^ Perlmann, Joel (November 2011 – February 2012). "The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version" (PDF). Levy Economics Institute. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ARIJ, pp. 17-18
- ^ Pedahzur and Perliger, 2011, pp. 95–96
- ^ 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p. 110.
- ^ An infrastructure of Jewish terror Since the very beginning of the settlement enterprise, more than four decades ago, Israel has seized West Bank lands via an orchestrated, systematic and violent system. The victims of this process lose their agricultural fields, and thus their ability to lead a normal life. By Dror Etkes and Roi Maor, 11 September 2009, Haaretz
- ^ a b Associated Press, 'Israeli firefighters: West Bank mosque fire likely arson, at Haaretz, May 06, 2010.
- ^ PA blames settlers for torching W. Bank mosque
- ^ Chaim Levinson,Current West Bank olive harvest most violent in years, defense document reveal,' at Haaretz, 19 October 2010.
- ^ Harriet Sherwood, 'West Bank Olive Groves become battleground,' at The Guardian, 24 October 2010.
- ^ 'IDF soldier linked to 'price tag' attack in West Bank Palestinian village,', at Haaretz, 10 February 2012
- ^ How dispossession happens. The humanitarian impact of the takeover of Palestinian springs by Israeli settlers, March 2012, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs occupied Palestinian territory
- ^ Zafrir Rinat,'Report: Jewish settlers now control dozens of West Bank springs,' at Haaretz, 20 March 2012.
- ^ Zafrir Rinat,'Springwater flows in the West Bank, but who controls it?,' at Haaretz, 5 April 2012.
- ^ Palestine olive farmers cultivate resistance, Dalia Hatuqa, 28 October 2012, Al Jazeera
- ^ a b c Abu Khalaf, Marwan. Khan al-Lubban Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. Excerpt from Islamic Art in the Mediterranean provided by Museum With No Frontiers.
- ^ a b Maundrell, 1703, p. 62: March 24, 1697
- ^ Maundrell, 1703, p. 109: April 15, 1697
- ^ de Saulcy, 1854, vol 1, p. 104
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 324
- ^ Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 356
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External links
- Welcome To Lubban Sharqiya
- Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, Welcome to Palestine
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Al Lubban ash Sharqiya Village Profile (including ‘Ammuriya Locality), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- Lubban-ash-Sharqiya arael photo, ARIJ
- Development Priorities and Needs in Al Lubban ash Sharqiya, ARIJ
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- Khan-al-Luban
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