Al-Nabi Yusha'

Coordinates: 33°06′46″N 35°33′22″E / 33.11278°N 35.55611°E / 33.11278; 35.55611
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Al-Nabi Yusha'
النبي يوشع
Village
Aerial shot of the historic Maqam an-Nabi Yusha' shrine in 2013
Aerial shot of the historic Maqam an-Nabi Yusha' shrine in 2013
Etymology: "the prophet Joshua"[1]
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Nabi Yusha' (click the buttons)
Geopolitical entity
Mandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulationMay 16, 1948[4]
Area
[3]
 • Total
3,617 dunams (3.617 km2 or 1.397 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
70[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesRamot Naftali

Al-Nabi Yusha' (

1948 Arab-Israeli War. The village was surrounded by forest land overlooking the Hula Valley
.

History

During the late eighteenth century, a family known as al-Ghul built the religious complex and shrine known as the Maqam an-Nabi Yusha' (biblical Joshua), which included a mosque and a building for visitors, as an act of devotion. This family, also called the "servants of the shrine," numbered about fifty and were the first to settle the site. They cultivated the surrounding land, and the place subsequently evolved into a village.[5]

In 1851/1852

terebinth tree.[6]

In 1875

Muslims to Nabi Yusha', as a building surmounted with two small cupolas.[7][8]

In 1881, the

Qadas came to Al-Nabi Yusha' to venerate the name of Joshua.[9]

Pottery from

Rachaya Al Foukhar have been found in the village.[10]

British Mandate era

At the end of World War I it was under French control, and the 1920

boundary agreement between Britain and French placed it in Lebanon.[8] At the time of the census conducted by the French in 1921, the villagers were granted Lebanese citizenship.[11] However the Boundary Commission established by the 1920 agreement shifted the border, leaving the village in Palestine.[8] Transfer of control to the British authorities was not complete until 1924.[12]

During the

Nabi Rubin festival in southern coast of Palestine.[5]

Hula valley
from al-Nabi Yusha' 1930s

In the 1931 census of Palestine, the village was home to 52 residents that year (12 households),[13] growing to 70 in the 1945 statistics,[2][3] and 81 (18 households) by 1948 when it was depopulated. The village occupied an area of 3,617 dunams, all private except for a dunam of public property.[3] In 1944–45 the village had 640 dunams of land used for cereals,[5][14] while 16 dunams was built-up (urban) area.[15]

Al-Nabi Yusha'.1945. Survey of Palestine. Scale 1:250,000
Nabi Yusha 1948
Nebi Yusha police fortress, 1948

1948 war, and aftermath

Al-Nabi Yusha' was depopulated on May 16, in the

decapitated by the Arab forces.[16]

Most of its residents ended up in refugee camps in Lebanon and Syria. In 1998, the descendants of al-Nabi Yusha' refugees were estimated at 499.[citation needed]

The Israeli moshav Ramot Naftali was established in 1945 south of the village, and since 1948 includes Al-Nabi Yusha' land. It is located close to the border between Al-Nabi Yusha' and the lands of Mallaha.[5][17]

The Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi described the village remains in 1992 as: "The site has been fenced in with barbed wire and is buried under rubble, making access difficult. However, some evidence of the village remains: fragments of houses, tombs in the village's cemetery, and the shrine of al-Nabi Yusha'. The two domes and arched entrance of the main part of the shrine are still intact, but the thick stone walls of the rooms attached to it are broken and the entire complex of buildings is neglected; weeds sprouts from the roof. The village site is surrounded by fig trees and cactuses. The flat lands around the site are planted by Israeli farmers with apple trees, while the sloping parts are wooded or used as pasture."[18]

The Nabi Yusha shrine

Main article: Maqam an-Nabi Yusha'

The shrine was surveyed by the British School of Archaeology in 1994, who described it as rectangular structure formed around a courtyard, aligned north-south, which was entered through a gateway on the north end. The principal rooms were at the south end of the courtyard, with two major domed chambers, of which the west chamber was found to be the oldest in the whole shrine complex.[19]

Alternative traditional sites for the Prophet's tomb are situated in

Al-Salt[20][21]) and Iraq (the Nabi Yusha' shrine of Baghdad[20]
).

See also

References

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p.92
  2. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 10
  3. ^ a b c d Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 70 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #26. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  5. ^ a b c d e Khalidi, 1992, p. 481
  6. ^ van de Velde, 1854, 2 vol, pp. 416-417
  7. ^ Guérin, 1880, pp. 354, 362
  8. ^ a b c Asher Kaufman (2006). "Between Palestine and Lebanon: Seven Sahi'i villages as a case study of boundaries, identities and conflict". Middle East Journal. Vol. 60. pp. 685–706.
  9. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 228
  10. ^ Berger, 2015, En-Nabi Yusha'
  11. ^ Khalid Sindawi (2008). "Are there any Shi'ite Muslims in Israel?". Holy Land Studies. Vol. 2. pp. 183–199.
  12. ^ Biger, 2004, p. 134
  13. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 109
  14. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 120
  15. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 170
  16. ISBN 978-1-107-03601-7
    .
  17. ^ Morris, 2004, pp. 361-2
  18. ^ Khalidi, 1992, pp. 481-2
  19. ^ Petersen, 2001, pp. 236-8
  20. ^ a b Mazar Hazrat Yusha' bin Noon, on the website of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada [1]
  21. ^ Tomb of Prophet Yusha' (photo of the tomb; Islamic view on Prophet Yusha'/Joshua) [2]

Bibliography

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