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Revision as of 05:55, 9 November 2012 by Shanghai Sally (talk | contribs) (→Israeli-Palestinian conflict)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Template:Infobox Palestinian Authority municipality Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya (Template:Lang-ar) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located 20 kilometers south of Nablus, in the Nablus Governorate. The town has a total land area of 12,075 dunams of which 200 dunams is built-up area. Most of the remainder of al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya's lands are grown with almonds, figs and olive groves. The village is just north of the historic Khan al-Lubban caravansary.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya had a population of 2,465 in the 2007 census. The population is primarily made up of two clans, the Daraghmeh and Awaysa. Currently, the village's unemployment rate is about 51%.
History
Byzantine pottery has been found. The village was known as "Lubanum" to the Crusaders.
Under the name "Lubban as-Sawi", the village appeared in 1596 Ottoman tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal of the liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 85 Muslim households. It paid taxes on wheat, barley, summer crops, olives, and goats or beehives.
French explorer Victor Guérin visited the village in 1863, and found it to be in a poor state, but with beautiful old elements as part of the houses. The population was estimated to be 300.
In the 1881 "Survey of Western Palestine", the village was described as being perched on a terrace on the hill, with ancient tombs close by.
In a census conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities, Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya (called: Lubban Sharqi) had a population of 356, all Muslims. At the time of the 1931 census, al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya had 116 occupied houses and a population of 474 Muslims and one Christian.
Khan al-Lubban
Between al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya and Sinjil is the Khan al-Lubban caravansary. The exact date of its construction is not clear, although its architectural style indicates it was built during the Mamluk or early Ottoman eras. Large parts of its western and northern sides were restored and reconstructed in the later Ottoman period as indicated by the size and style of the stones. Factors behind its construction include its important location as a crossroads between central Palestine's major towns and the close proximity of a freshwater well.
In 1881 the Khan was described as "ruined", but with a fine spring beneath it.
During the British Mandate period, the authorities took advantage of its strategic position and used Khan al-Lubban as a police station. The Jordanians continued to use the complex for the same purpose following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Presently, the site is open to the public and recent work has been carried out to accommodate more visitors.
Because of its proximity to the larger caravansary towns of Nablus and al-Bireh, Khan al-Lubban only consists of a single story, unlike most caravansaries which have two or more. The layout of Khan al-Lubban is square-shaped, with each side measuring roughly 23 meters in length. Most of the original building remains intact, with the entrance way bordered by stables on both sides and leading into a courtyard. The eastern and western rooms served administrative functions while the northern rooms served as visitor lodging.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
On 5 November, 1990, a local villager, Ali el Hatib, aged 65 was gunned down while riding his donkey to a an olive grove, and a few second later, gunfire from the same Israeli Peugeot killed Miriam Salman Rashid while she was standing outside her home. The killings were attributed to members of the Kach terrorist organization as revenge for the assassination of Meir Kahane in New York that same day. Three Kach activists, David Ha'ivri, David Cohen and Ben-Zion Gophstein were attested on suspicion, but the case never came to trial due to lack of evidence.
See also
References
- ^ Colonists from Ma'ale Levona destroy dozens of olive trees in Al Lubban Ash Sharqiya village Land Research Center. 2007-10-22.
- 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p. 110.
- Dauphin, 1998, p.816
- Pringle, 1997, p. 119.
- Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 131.
- Guérin, 1875, p. 164-5
- Conder and Kitchener, 1881, pp. 286
- J. B. Barron, ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine. Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus.
- Mills, 1932, p. 62.
- ^ Abu Khalaf, Marwan. Khan al-Lubban. Excerpt from Islamic Art in the Mediterranean provided by Museum With No Frontiers.
- Conder and Kitchener, 1881, pp. 324
- Ami Pedahzur, Arie Perliger,Jewish Terrorism in Israel, 2011 p.95.
Bibliography
- Claudine Dauphin (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations, Vol. III : Catalogue. BAR International Series 726. Oxford: Archeopress.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Guérin, Victor (1875). Description Géographique, Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. "Seconde partie -Samarie" ("Tome II").
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|part=ignored (help) - 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.
- E. Mills, 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.
- Pringle, Denys (1997). Secular buildings in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem : an archaeological gazetteer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
External links
- Welcome To Lubban Sharqiya
- Lubban-ash-Sharqiya
- Khan-al-Luban
- Al-Luban
- Colonists from Ma'ale Levona destroy dozens of olive trees in Al Lubban Ash Sharqiya village 22, October, 2007, ARIJ
- Israeli Colonists Escalate their Attacks against Al Lubban ash Sharqiya village during the Current Olive Picking Season 31, October, 2010, ARIJ
- Racist Slogans Written on Palestinian walls in Al Lubban Ash Sharqi – Nablus city 08, February, 2012, ARIJ
- An infrastructure of Jewish terror Dror Etkes and Roi Maor, Haaretz,Sep.11, 2009
- Israeli firefighters: West Bank mosque fire likely arson; The Palestinian Authority already implicated Jewish settlers in Tuesday's fire, which destroyed holy books, prayer rugs, May 06, 2010, Haaretz,
- Current West Bank olive harvest most violent in years, defense document reveal; Despite security preparations, numerous incidents over the last two weeks have ended with trees on both sides being cut down, poisoned or torched, By Chaim Levinson, Haaretz, Oct.19, 2010
- IDF soldier linked to 'price tag' attack in West Bank Palestinian village. Soldier, two young women suspected of entering Luban al-Sharqiya near Nablus, spraying 'Muhammad is a Pig' on a village home and vandalizing a local construction shop By Chaim Levinson, Haaretz, Feb.10, 2012
- Report: Jewish settlers now control dozens of West Bank springs. UN agency says most of springs are located on private Palestinian land, publishes testimonies by Palestinians who say they are afraid of approaching water sources due to settler violence. By Zafrir Rinat, Haaretz, Mar.20, 2012
- Springwater flows in the West Bank, but who controls it? By Zafrir Rinat, Haaretz, Apr.05, 2012
