Nabi Samwil
an-Nabi Samwil | ||
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Governorate Jerusalem | | |
Government | ||
• Type | Local Development Committee | |
Area | ||
• Total | 1,592 dunams (1.6 km2 or 0.6 sq mi) | |
Highest elevation | 908 m (2,979 ft) | |
Population (2017)[1] | ||
• Total | 234 | |
• Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) | |
Name meaning | "the prophet Samuel"[2] |
An-Nabi Samwil, also called al-Nabi Samuil (
A tradition dating back to the
Geography
Nabi Samwil is situated atop of a mountain, 890 meters above sea level, in the Seam Zone, four kilometers north of the Jerusalem neighborhood of Shuafat and southwest of Ramallah.[4] Nearby localities include Beit Iksa to the south, al Jib to the north, Beit Hanina to the east and Biddu to the west.[5]
The village consisted of 1,592 dunams of which only 5 dunams were built-up.[6]
Tomb of Samuel tradition
A 6th-century Christian author identified the site as Samuel's burial place, and it has been traditionally been associated as such by Jews, Christians and Muslims. According to the
The 12th-century Jewish traveller Benjamin of Tudela visited the site in 1173. According to him, the Christian Crusaders had found the bones of Samuel "close to a Jewish synagogue" in Ramla on the coastal plain (which he misidentified as biblical Ramah), and reburied them at present-day Nabi Samwil. He wrote that a large church dedicated to St. Samuel had been built over the reburied remains.[9]
History: shrine and village
An old tradition holds that the village contains the tomb of the prophet Samuel, whose Arabic name is Nabi Samwil,[4][10] hence the name of the Arab village.
Byzantine period
A
Early Muslim period
The tomb continued to be in use throughout the Early Muslim period in Palestine from the 7th to the 10th century.[11]
Jerusalem-born geographer
Crusader/Ayyubid period
In 1099, the
In 1157, the Crusaders constructed a church at Samuel's tomb.
After the
Mamluk period
During the
In the 15th-century, Jews built a synagogue adjacent to the mosque and resumed pilgrimages to the site after losing that privilege during the Crusader period. Though they occasionally encountered difficulties with local notables, the Jews' right to visit the shrine was reaffirmed twice by the Ottomans, and the sultan asked the
Ottoman period
In 1517, Palestine incorporated into the
The Crusader church was incorporated into the village mosque,[4] built in 1730 under the Ottoman Empire.[11]
In 1838
An Ottoman village list of about 1870 showed that Nabi Samwil had 6 houses and a population of 20, though the population count included only men.[25][26]
In 1883, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as small hamlet of adobe huts, perched on top of the ridge, amid the remains of the Crusader ruins. There was a spring to the north.[27]
In 1896 the population of Nebi Samwil was estimated to be about 81 persons.[28]
World War and British Mandate period
Nabi Samwil was heavily damaged by
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Nabi Shemweil had a population 121, all Muslims.[30] increasing slightly in the 1931 census to 138, one Christian and the rest Muslim, occupying a total of 117 houses.[31]
In the 1945 statistics Nabi Samwil had a population of 200, all Muslims,[32] with 2,150 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[33] Of this, 293 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 986 used for cereals,[34] while 3 dunams were built-up land.[35]
1948 war and Jordanian period
On April 23, 1948, during the
From 1948 to 1967, Nabi Samwil was used by the Arab Legion of Jordan as a military post guarding access to Jerusalem.[4]
In 1961, the population of Nabi Samwil was 168.[37]
1967, aftermath
Since the 1967 Six-Day War, Nabi Samwil has been under Israeli occupation.[4]
After Israel's victory and occupation in the war, during which most of the village's 1,000 inhabitants
The village, which is not recognized as such by Israel, was designated as a
Demographics
In 1922, Nabi Samwil had 121 inhabitants,[30] rising to 138 in 1931.[31] In Sami Hadawi's land and population survey in 1945, 200 people resided there.[33] By 1981 the number dropped to 66 inhabitants but was up to 136 within five years.[6] According to the 2007 census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Nabi Samwil had a population of 258 inhabitants in 2007.[43] About 20 Muslim families live there. A group of 90 Bedouins living in al Jib who had been evicted from Nabi Samwil were refused permission to move back because the village lies in Area C and it would be difficult for them to acquire building permits.[44]
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.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 324
- ^ a b c "Nebi Samuel Park – Israel Nature and Parks Authority". en.parks.org.il. Archived from the original on 2022-03-12. Retrieved 2022-06-03.
- ^ a b c d e f g Jacobs, Daniel. (1998). Israel and the Palestinian territories. Rough Guides, p.429.
- ^ Satellite View of al-Nabi Samwil
- ^ a b Welcome to al-Nabi Samwil Palestine Remembered.
- ^ Gleichen (1925), p. 8
- ^ I Mach., iii, 46, cited in Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. .
- ^ Adler, Nathan Marcus (1907). The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela: Critical Text, Translation and Commentary. Vol. See "St. Samuel of Shiloh" and footnote 87. New York: Phillip Feldheim, Inc. Archived from the original on 21 October 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020 – via washington.edu.
- ^ a b Nabi Samuel - Jerusalem Archived 2008-01-25 at the Wayback Machine Jerusalem Media and Communications Centre.
- ^ Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2001-09-01.
- ISBN 1-873938-14-4, p. 171, (orig. p.188). Older translation is given in Le Strange, 1890, p. 433
- ^ Le Strange, 1890, p. 433 (orig. Yak., iv. 391; Mar., iii.29)
- ^ a b Sharon, 2004, p. 118
- ^ Sharon, 2004, pp. 122 -123
- ^ "Travelling to Jerusalem--Benjamin of Tudela". depts.washington.edu.
- ^ "Summary Page: Palestine/Israel (Kingdom of Jerusalem)-St. Samuel". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
- ^ Sharon, 2004, p. 119
- ^ a b Mahmoud Yazbak, 'Holy shrines (maqamat) in modern Palestine/Israel and the politics of memory,' in Marshall J. Breger, Yitzhak Reiter, Leonard Hammer (eds.), Holy Places in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Confrontation and Co-existence, Routledge 2010 pp. 231-246 p.237.
- ^ "Mount Joy: the view from Palestine". January 21, 2014.
- ^ Sharon, 2004, pp. 119 -120.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 113
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 121
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 2, pp. 139 -145
- ^ Socin, 1879, p. 158
- ^ Hartmann, 1883, p. 127, also noted 6 houses
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 12
- ^ Schick, 1896, p. 125
- New York Times. 1917-12-17.
- ^ a b Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Jerusalem, p. 14
- ^ a b Mills, 1932, p. 41
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 25
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 57
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 103
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 153
- ^ Tal, 2003, p. 118
- ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 24
- ^ Abraham, Yuval (August 30, 2022). "Israel destroyed Palestinian village for luxury settlement that was never built". +972 Magazine.
- ^ "Nabi Samwil – A Village Trapped in a National Park". September 13, 2013.
- ^ a b Yitzhak Reiter (2017). Contested Holy Places in Israel-Palestine; Sharing and Conflict Resolution. Routledge. p. 272.
- ^ a b c 'Palestinian village imprisoned in holy shrine of Nabi Samuel,' Ma'an News Agency12 February 2015.
- ^ a b Tourist sites in the West Bank: Wish you were here?. The Economist. 2014-01-06.
- ^ Population, Housing and Establishment Census 2007 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. 2008. Retrieved on 2012-02-29.
- ^ Protection of Civilians Weekly Report United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, p.7. January 2008.
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External links
- Welcome To al-Nabi Samwil
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- An Nabi Samwil Village (Fact Sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- An Nabi Samwil Village Profile, ARIJ
- An Nabi Samwil Aerial photo, ARIJ
- Locality Development Priorities and Needs in An Nabi Samwil, ARIJ
- Israel severs a-Nabi Samwil Village from rest of the West Bank, B'Tselem
- Battle of Nebi Samwil