Siddikine

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Siddikine
صديقين
Village
Map showing the location of Siddikine within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Siddikine within Lebanon
Siddikine
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°11′24″N 35°18′37″E / 33.19000°N 35.31028°E / 33.19000; 35.31028Coordinates: 33°11′24″N 35°18′37″E / 33.19000°N 35.31028°E / 33.19000; 35.31028
Grid position179/288 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateSouth Lebanon Governorate
DistrictTyre District
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+9617

Siddikine or Seddiqine (Arabic: صديقين‎) is a village in Southern Lebanon, located in Tyre District, Governorate of South Lebanon.

Origin of name[]

E. H. Palmer wrote that the name means "the truthful ones".[1] The Arabic name is transliterated as Siddikine or Seddiqine.[2]

History[]

In 1596, it was named as a village, Sidiqin, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 46 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 10,752 akçe.[3][4]

In 1875, Victor Guérin noted: "Here are what appears to be the remains of an ancient synagogue. Its direction is from south to north, which is the general direction of the ancient synagogues of Palestine; and, besides, here I remarked two monolithic pillars, cut one side in pilaster fashion, and rounded on the other side like a half column. This kind of pillar generally terminates the end of the range of columns in these synagogues."[5]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A village, built of stone, with many ruined houses; contains about 150 Metawileh; surrounded by figs, gardens, and arable land. Water from cisterns and 'Ain el Tuzeh."[6]

They further noted: "There are remains of an early Christian site at this village; some well-dressed stones scattered about with crosses on them: There are also rock-cut cisterns, tombs, and stone olive and wine presses. The site of the ancient place was a little to the north of the present village."[7]

On 19 May 2021, about two weeks after the beginning of the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis, four rockets were reportedly launched from near Siddikine towards Israel.[2] According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), its missile defences intercepted one of them, while the other projectiles fell in open areas. The IDF fired artillery in response,[8] apparently towards the outskirts of Siddikine.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 32
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Four rockets launched from Lebanon to Israel, Lebanese security sources". Reuters. 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  3. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 179
  4. ^ Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
  5. ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 389; as translated in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 139
  6. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 94
  7. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 138
  8. ^ Ayyub, Rami (2021-05-19). "Israel fires at south Lebanon in response to rocket launches - Israeli military". SWI swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  9. ^ Gross, Judah Ari (2021-05-19). "Israeli military firing at source of rocket attacks in Lebanon". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-05-19.

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