Kaukab Abu al-Hija
Kaukab Abu al-Hija (Arabic: كوكب أبو الهيجا; Hebrew: כַּוּכַּבּ אַבּוּ אל-הִיגַ'א), aften simply Kaukab, (meanin "starn"),[1] is an Arab Muslim veelage an local cooncil in the North Destrict o Israel, in the Lawer Galilee. It is locatit on Road 784, atween Shefa-'Amr an Karmiel, an next tae Kafr Manda. Kaukab wis historically unner the control o the Abu al-Hija faimily o the Galilee.[2]
Kaukab Abu al-Hija
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Kawkaḅ ˀabbu ˀel-Hiǧaˀ |
| • Forby spelt | Kaokab Abu Al-Hija (offeecial) Kawkab Abu al-Heija (unoffeecial) |
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  Kaukab Abu al-Hija | |
| Coordinates: 32°49′52.83″N 35°14′55.33″E / 32.8313417°N 35.2487028°ECoordinates: 32°49′52.83″N 35°14′55.33″E / 32.8313417°N 35.2487028°E | |
| Destrict | Northren |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Local cooncil (frae 1984) |
| • Head of Municipality | Nuaf Hajuj |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.567 km2 (634 acres) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 2,800 |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| Name meanin | Abu al-Hija's Star |
Accordin tae the Israel Central Bureau o Statistics, Kaukab haed a population o 2,800 in 2005,[3] an is rankit law (3/10) on the Israeli socio-economic scale. Its jurisdiction is 2,567 dunams.[4]
History
eeditIt is possible tae discern the ruins o Byzantine, Roman an Greek dounsets on Kaukab's location, an it micht be the location o the toun Kokhva, mentioned in the Talmud,[5] housomeivver, mony places in the aurie shared the name, an ane canna ken which ane wis Kokhva.[6]
Kaukab wis foondit next tae the grave o Husam ad-Din Abu al-Hija, ane o Saladin's lieutenants, an is holy tae the local Muslims. It is sicweys namit Kaukab Abu al-Hija tae differentiate it frae several ither Arab veelages wi the same name.[5][7]
In 1517, the veelage wis incorporatit intae the Ottoman Empire wi the rest o Palestine, an in 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers unner the name o "Kawkab Bani Krad" as bein in the nahiya (subdestrict) o Akka unner the Liwa o Safad, wi a population o 41 hoosehaulds an 8 bachelors, aw Muslim. It paid taxes on a nummer o crops, includin wheat an baurley, simmer crops, fruit trees, as well as on goats an/or beehives.[8]
In 1875, the French splorer Victor Guérin visitit Kaukab, an describit it as a smaw veelage wi aboot 250 indwallers, situatit on a muntain at a altitude o 425 meters abuin the sea level. He notit a waly dedicatit tae Sheikh Aly an aw.[6]
In the 1922 census o Palestine, conductit bi the Breetish Mandate authorities, Kaukab haed a tot population o 222, aw Muslim,[9] which haed increased in the 1931 census tae 285, still aw Muslim, in a tot o 57 hooses.[10]
In 1938, durin the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, the veelage wis destroyed an its threshin floors burnt bi Breetish troops durin a revenge mission.[11]
In 1945 the population wis 490, aw Arabs, wi 18,674 dunams o laund, accordin tae a offeecial laund an population survey.[12] O this, 332 dunams wur for plantations an irrigable laund, 1,657 for cereals,[13] while 10 dunams wur biggit-up laund.[14]
Durin Operation Hiram, 29-31 October 1948, the veelage surrendered tae the advancin Israeli airmy. Mony o the veelagers fled north but some stayed an wur no expelled bi the Israeli sodgers.[15] The veelage remained unner Mairtial Law till 1966.
In 1973, the population haed grown tae 1,340. Kaukab wis declared a local cooncil in 1984.[2]
Shrine o Abu al-Hayja
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Tae the north o the veelage is the shrine an tomb o Abu al-Hayja, a twa domed structur wi a courtyard tae the north. In the rectangular courtyard, thare are twa cenotaphs, ane on each side o the door enterin the shine. The cenotaph tae the wast o the door belangs tae Ali Badawi Abu al-Hayja, who dee'd in 1183 H (1769 CE), the east o the door cairies an inscription datit tae 1181 H (1767-1768 CE). Enterin the shrine is done intae the eastren domed chamber. This is a prayer chamber, an haes a mihrab set intae the sooth waw. The next chamber haes twa cenotaphs, ane which belang tae the foonder o the Gallillee al-Hayja-veelages.[16][17]
See an aw
eedit- Ein Hod, anither Abu al-Hija veelage
- Leet o Arab localities in Israel
References
eedit- ↑ Palmer, 1881, p.110
- ↑ a b Kaokab Abu Al-Hija (Israel) Gutterman, Dov. Flags of the World.
- ↑ "Table 3 - Population of Localities Numbering Above 1,000 Residents and Other Rural Population" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 31 December 2007. Retrieved 26 Mey 2008.
- ↑ "Local Authorities in Israel 2005, Publication #1295 - Municipality Profiles - Kaukab Abu al-Hija" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 27 Mey 2008. (in Ebreu)
- ↑ a b HaReuveni, Immanuel (1999). Lexicon of the Land of Israel. Miskal - Yedioth Ahronoth Books and Chemed Books. p. 476. ISBN 965-448-413-7. (in Ebreu)
- ↑ a b Guérin, 1880, p. 488
- ↑ Vilnai, Ze'ev (1976). "Kaukab". Ariel Encyclopedia. Volume 4. Israel: Am Oved. p. 3524. (in Ebreu)
- ↑ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 194
- ↑ J. B. Barron, ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine. Table XI, Sub-district of Nazareth, p. 38.
- ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 74
- ↑ Jacob Norris (2008). "Repression and Rebellion: Britain's response to the Arab Revolt in Palestine of 1936-39". The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. 36: 25–45. doi:10.1080/03086530801889350.
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in S. Hadawi, Village Statistics, 1945. PLO Research Center, 1970, p. 62
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in S. Hadawi, Village Statistics, 1945. PLO Research Center, 1970, p. 109
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in S. Hadawi, Village Statistics, 1945. PLO Research Center, 1970, p. 159
- ↑ Morris, Benny (1987) The birth of the Palestinian refugee problem, 1947-1949. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-33028-9. p.226
- ↑ Petersen, 2001, p. 196-197
- ↑ Slyomovics, 1998, pp 130 -131.
Bibliography
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- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, Herbert H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. ( p.268 )
- Guérin, Victor (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. Vol 3; Galilee, pt. 1.
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center p.62
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas (PDF). Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- 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.
- Petersen, Andrew (2001). A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine: Volume I (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-727011-0.
- Slyomovics, Susan (1998). The object of memory: Arab and Jew narrate the Palestinian village (Illustrated ed.). University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-1525-7. (winner o the 1999 Albert Hourani Book Award)
Freemit airtins
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