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Petersen book edit
Does anyone have access to this book? It mention that Zayta had a Christian minority (91 Muslim families and 7 Christian ones). I'm not sure its the same Zayta though because I can't see the whole book online and I don't know what year it is referring to. Help would be appreciated. Tiamuttalk 11:24, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
Yeah, I have the book, on page 131, it is in connection with the 1596-cencus, & Petersen writes:
- the Nablus district ("liwa"), is devided into four "nahiyas" (=subdistrict);
- One of these "nahiyas", namely "nahiya Qaqun", has 12 villages belonging to it, one of which is Zayta:
- "12 villages one of which (Zayta) has a small Christian minority (91 Muslim families and 7 Christian families). ."
- One of these "nahiyas", namely "nahiya Qaqun", has 12 villages belonging to it, one of which is Zayta:
If Khalidi is to be trusted, then "this" Zayta was in Gaza district. And, since Qaqun is in the Tulkarm-section, I suspect the above refers to Raml Zayta, in the Tulkarm-district.
...I think I´ll put a link from the talk-page on Raml Zayta to here, for future reference....Cheers, Huldra (talk) 22:57, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
- Or it could be referring to Zeita, Tulkarm, which is still around in Tulkarem in the West Bank. I think that's more likely, but no harm in spreading the word to other possible candidates. Thanks Huldra. Tiamuttalk 23:26, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
- Ah yes; that is quite possible; I´ve done far to little on the West Bank-places..Huldra (talk) 00:30, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
- Me too. In fact, I wanted to develop them more, but once all the 48 villages were made into stubs, the pressure to get them done first mounted. Still, a lot of West Bank villages, particularly those along the green line, should be documented now, as they are in danger of disappearing. Tiamuttalk 09:12, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
- By the way, it may be the 1596 census above refers to Zeita Jamma'in, which likely adopted Jamma'in to differentiate it form the other Zeita's. I have create a dismabig page at Zeita which Zayta redirects to now, given how many Zeitas there are. Tiamuttalk 11:04, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
Seems that the move of the village may have been resisted. Can't see the whole discussion, but this book on malaria and the Zionist project in Palestine notes, "[...] Zeita Arabs claimed, "It's better to die from malaria than from hunger, because our existence depends on the herds which need the swamps." I'll try to find more, but as I told you on your talk page, my suspicion is that there was a political reason for the move of the village too, and that the villagers were not necessarily on board. Tiamuttalk 09:41, 24 October 2009 (UTC)