Jabbul
Jabbul
جبول | |
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Etymology: possibly "Boundary"[1] | |
Baysan | |
Date of depopulation | May 18, 1948[4] |
Area | |
• Total | 15,107 dunams (15.107 km2 or 5.833 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 250[2][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
Secondary cause | Influence of nearby town's fall |
Jabbul (
Location
Jabbul stood on a hill on the edge of the Baysan Valley, overlooking Wadi Yubla to the southwest. Wadi al-Ashsha ran through its land in the south. A secondary road linked it to the
History
The site was probably known in Roman times as Gebul or, more likely, as Gebula.[6] Roman and Byzantine ceramic remains have been found here.[7] The Crusaders also referred to it as Gebul, which may have been derived from the Hebrew word for "boundary".[6]
Ottoman era
In 1596, Jabbul was a farm that paid taxes to the government.[8]
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described the village as being situated on low ground and was built of stone and adobe.[9]
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the Mandatory Palestine authorities, Jabul had a population of 231; 1 Christian and 230 Muslims,[10] decreasing slightly in the 1931 census to 218, all Muslims, in 50 houses.[11]
The village had a circular plan, with houses radiating out from the village center. The houses were surrounded by farmlands. The entire population was
In the 1945 statistics, the village had 250 Muslim inhabitants,[2] and a total of 4,367 dunums was allocated to cereals, 5 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. The elevated lands around the village were used for grazing,[6][12] while 33 were built-up (urban) land.[13]
1948, and after
On 7 June 1948, a platoon of
In September 1948, Nahum Hurwitz of
Walid Khalidi described the remaining structures of the village in 1992:
"The houses have been reduced to rubble and are overgrown with trees, thorns, and wild grass. The land around the site is cultivated."[6]
See also
- Depopulated Palestinian locations in Israel
References
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 161
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii village #114, also gives causes of depopulation
- ^ Jabbul, PalestineRemembered.com.
- ^ a b c d e Khalidi, 1992, p. 51.
- ^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 775
- ^ Al-Bakhit and as-Humud 1989a:59. Quoted in Khalidi, 1992, p. 51.
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 84. Quoted in Khalidi, 1992, p. 51.
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table IX, p. 31
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 79
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 84
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 134
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. 261. Quotes from #807: 'Barak' Intelligence Officer to Golani Intelligence Officer (June 8, 1948), Report on Search/Patrol in the Villages: Danna, al Bira, Kafra, Jabbul, Yubla Murassas, IDFA 128/51//32; #807 on Morris, 2004, p. 308
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Bibliography
- Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- ISBN 0-860549-05-4.
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
- 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.
External links
- Welcome To Jabbul
- Jabbul, Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 9: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Jabbul, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center