Haddatha

Coordinates: 33°10′N 35°23′E / 33.167°N 35.383°E / 33.167; 35.383
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Haddatha
حدّاثا
Village
UTC+3 (EEST
)

Haddatha (

Arabic: حدّاثا Haddatha)[1] is a village in Bint Jbeil District in Southern Lebanon
.

History

In 1596, it was named as a village, ‘“Hadata” in the

Safad, with a population of 52 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues”; a total of 4,640 akçe.[2][3]

In 1838, Edward Robinson noted the village on his travels in the region.[4]

In 1875,

Metualis.[5]
In 1881, the
Metawileh, on hill-top; a few grapes, figs and olives, and arable cultivation; there is a spring near and cisterns in village; a birket for cattle."[6]

Following the 1982 invasion, Haddatha became part of the Israeli

During the 2006 Lebanon War, Israel shelled a house with 6 civilians, killing all of them. They were aged from 50 to 80 years old.[8]

People from Haddatha

References

  1. ^ from a personal name, according to Palmer, 1881, p. 72
  2. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 184
  3. ^ Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 Archived 2019-04-20 at the Wayback Machine writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
  4. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 376
  5. ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 385
  6. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 201
  7. ^ Middle East International No 347, 31 March 1989, Publishers Lord Mayhew, Dennis Walters MP; John Keane p.12
  8. ^ HRW, 2007, pp. 117-118

Bibliography

External links