Muhajbib

Muhajbib
محيبيب
Village
Map showing the location of Markaba within Lebanon
Muhajbib
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°09′17″N 35°30′20″E / 33.15472°N 35.50556°E / 33.15472; 35.50556Coordinates: 33°09′17″N 35°30′20″E / 33.15472°N 35.50556°E / 33.15472; 35.50556
Grid position 197/284 PAL
Country  Lebanon
Governorate Nabatieh Governorate
District Marjeyoun District
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code +961

Muhajbib, Mhaibib, (Arabic: محيبيب‎) is a small village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon.

Name

E. H. Palmer wrote that the name Neby Muheibîb meant "the prophet Muheibîb", "beloved".[1]

History

In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Neby Muheibib as: "a small village round the stone Neby, containing about seventy Moslems, situated on top of ridge, with olives and arable land; there are two cisterns in the village."[2]

References

  1. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 92
  2. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 202

Bibliography

  • Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • 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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