Misilyah

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Misilyah
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicمسلية
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Misilyah is located in the West Bank
Misilyah
Misilyah
Location of Misilyah within the West Bank
Coordinates: 32°23′12″N 35°17′17″E / 32.38667°N 35.28806°E / 32.38667; 35.28806Coordinates: 32°23′12″N 35°17′17″E / 32.38667°N 35.28806°E / 32.38667; 35.28806
Palestine grid177/199
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateJenin
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2006)
 • Total2,252
Name meaning'an example', In Phænician: 'an image', in old Arabic it means: 'traces of a dwelling which are becoming effaced'[1]

Misilyah (Arabic: مسلية‎), sometimes spelled Mithilîyeh and Misilîyeh, is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located 14 kilometers south of the city of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,252 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[2] The main agricultural crops cultivated in Misilya are olives, grapes, figs, and vegetables. Roman and Islamic ruins have been found in the village.

Geography[]

Misilyah is situated in a small plain in the foothills of Jabal Faḳu'ah, or Mount Gilboa.[3] The plain, Marj al-Gharaḳ, also spelled Merj el-Ghǔrǔk, which lacks any natural drainage, was described at the beginning of the 20th century as transforming into a large swamp during the rainy season, only to dry up in summer, when the resulting field was cultivated with grain.[4]

History[]

C. R. Conder suggested in the 1880s that Misilyah was ancient Bethulia,[5][6] but Zertal, 2004, found no archeological evidence supporting this.[7]

Pottery sherds from the late Roman, Byzantine, early Muslim and Medieval eras have been found here.[7]

Ottoman era[]

In 1838, Edward Robinson noted the village when he travelled in the region, as bordering the extremely fertile Marj Sanur.[8] He listed it as part of the District of Haritheh, north of Nablus.[9]

In 1870, Victor Guérin noted it, "sitting on the northern slopes of a hill planted with superb olive trees; at the bottom there is a fertile and well-cultivated plain."[10]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Meselieh: "A small village, with a detached portion to the north, and placed on a slope, with a hill to the south, and surrounded by good olive-groves, with an open valley called Wady el Melek (' the King's Valley') on the north. The water-supply is from wells, some of which have an ancient appearance. They are mainly supplied with rain-water."[11]

British Mandate era[]

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Meselayyeh had a population 190 Muslims,[12] increasing in the 1931 census to 222 Muslim, in a total of 49 houses.[13]

In the 1945 statistics the population was 330 Muslims,[14] with a total of 9,038 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[15] Of this, 2,683 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 2,592 dunams were for cereals,[16] while a total of 23 dunams were built-up, urban land.[17]

Jordanian era[]

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Misilyah came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population of Misilya was 606.[18]

Post-1967[]

After the Six-Day War in 1967, Misilyah has been under Israeli occupation.

On 17 January 2016 a 21 year old resident of Masliya was shot dead by Israeli soldiers.[19][20]

References[]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, pp. 112 188
  2. ^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Jenin Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  3. ^ Marcus Jastrow; Frants Buhl (1901–1906). "Bethulia (Bαιτουλοόα, Bαιτουλία, Bετυλοόα, Bαιτυλοόα; Vulgate, Bethulia)". The Jewish Encyclopedia. Funk & Wagnalls. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  4. ^ Joseph Jacobs; Immanuel Benzinger; Judah David Eisenstein (1901–1906). "Palestine". The Jewish Encyclopedia. Funk & Wagnalls. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. ^ Conder, 1881, pp.194–195
  6. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, pp. 436-437
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Zertal, 2004, pp. 228-229
  8. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 153
  9. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2 appendix, p. 130
  10. ^ Guérin, 1874, p. 344
  11. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, pp. 156-157
  12. ^ Barron, 1923, Table V, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 29
  13. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 69
  14. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 16 Archived 2018-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 54
  16. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 99
  17. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 149
  18. ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 25
  19. ^ Palestinian shot dead near Nablus after alleged attempted attack Ma'an 17/1/2016
  20. ^ Palestinian Shot After Attempting to Stab Israelis in the West Bank Ha'aretz 17/1/2016

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