Jibbain (Arabic: الجبين) is a municipality in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.

Jibbain
الجبين
Jebbayn, Jebbine
Map showing the location of Jibbain within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Jibbain within Lebanon
Jibbain
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°7′23″N 35°14′1″E / 33.12306°N 35.23361°E / 33.12306; 35.23361
Grid position172/280 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Lebanon Governorate
DistrictTyre District
Elevation
440 m (1,440 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Name

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According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the two pits".[1]

History

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In 1596, it was named as a village, Jibin, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 7 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, goats, beehives; in addition to occasional revenues and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 2,177 akçe.[2][3]

In 1875, Victor Guérin noted here "a few Metawileh families", who inhabited an ancient locality.[4]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small village, built of stone, containing about seventy Metawileh; it is situated on a hill, with figs, olives, and arable land around. There are three cisterns for water."[5] They further noted a ruined, rock-cut birket.[6]

Modern era

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On August 3 or 4, 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War, Israeli helicopter strikes killed 4 Hezbollah operatives in an uninhabited valley some 900 meters from Jibbain. At the same time, they fired on the house nearest, killing 4 civilians, aged 42 to 81 years of age.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 43
  2. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 180
  3. ^ Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 Archived 2019-04-20 at the Wayback Machine writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
  4. ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 130
  5. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 151
  6. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 169
  7. ^ HRW, 2007, pp. 129-130

Bibliography

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