Ed-Dahi

Ed-Dahi
דַחִי‬
لدحي
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • standard דַחִי
Ed-Dahi Mosque
Ed-Dahi
Coordinates: 32°37′16″N 35°20′37″E / 32.62111°N 35.34361°E / 32.62111; 35.34361Coordinates: 32°37′16″N 35°20′37″E / 32.62111°N 35.34361°E / 32.62111; 35.34361
Grid position 182/225 PAL
District Northern
Council Bustan al-Marj
Population (2017)[1] 665
Name meaning Village of Dŭhy[2]
Ed Dahi winter 2015

Ed-Dahi, also spelled ad-Dahi (Arabic: الدحي‎) or simply Dahi (Hebrew: דַחִי‎) is an Arab village in north-eastern Israel. Located on Givat HaMoreh (also known as Jebel Dahi in Arabic) and adjacent to Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bustan al-Marj Regional Council. The village is situated at an altitude of 550 meters above sea level.[3] In 2017 it had a population of 665.[1]

History

The village was named after Dahia Bin Khalifa al-Kalbei, who according to Islamic tradition, was a friend of the prophet Muhammad. Dahia, an ambassador of Muhammad, attempted to convert Byzantine emperor Heraclius to Islam. According to local tradition, Dahia was killed and buried in the site of the village.[3]

Ottoman era

In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as "a little hamlet of stone cabins, on the saddle west of the conical peak of Jebel ed Duhy. Straggling olives exist on the north and west. The water supply is from a well lower down the hill, on the north."[4]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British authorities, Al Dahi had a population of 84, all Muslims,[5] increasing slightly in the 1931 census to 87, still all Muslim, in a total of 16 houses.[6]

In the 1945 statistics the population was 110, all Muslims,[7] while the total land area was 8,038 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[8] Of this, 19 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 2,979 for cereals,[9] while 10 dunams were classified as built-up areas.[10]

Present

In February 2016 Bustan al-Marj Regional Council announced that they would be moving their offices from Afula to Ed Dahi. Council chairman Ahmed Zoabi noted "The offices are now located in one of the four villages of the council and this is important".

In September 2017 the regional council Bustan al-Marj has finished their project as they covered 90% of the streets with asphalt.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "List of localities, in Alphabetical order" (PDF). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 163
  3. 1 2 Dahei Bustan al-Marj Regional Council.
  4. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 85
  5. ↑ Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Nazareth, p. 38
  6. ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 73
  7. ↑ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 8
  8. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 62
  9. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 109
  10. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 159

Bibliography

  • Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 (PDF). Government of Palestine.
  • Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
  • Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
  • Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. 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.
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