Bayt Lif

Coordinates: 33°8′1″N 35°19′58″E / 33.13361°N 35.33278°E / 33.13361; 35.33278
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Bayt Lif
بيت ليف
Village
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Dialing code+961(7)

Bayt Lif (

Arabic: بيت ليف) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon
.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the house of lif" (palm-fibre).[1]

History

In 1852, Edward Robinson noted that the year before, a quantity of gold coin were found at Beit Lif, which was taken to Beirut and given to the Pasha. He further noted that the people were planting millet and tobacco.[2]

In 1875,

Metuali inhabitants.[3]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 150 Moslems [..] situated on a hill-top, with a few olives and arable land. Two cisterns and a birket near supply the water."[4]

On 23 November 1997 a

Amal was believed to be responsible for the shelling.[5]

References

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 68
  2. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1856, p. 62
  3. ^ Guérin, 1880, pp. 415-416
  4. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 201
  5. ^ Middle East International No 564, 5 December 1997; Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; Michael Jansen pp.13-14

Bibliography

  • Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
  • Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1856). Later Biblical Researches in Palestine and adjacent regions: A Journal of Travels in the year 1852. London: John Murray.

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