Umm al-Qutuf

Umm al-Qutuf
אֻם אל-קֻטוּף, אום אל-קוטוף‬
أمّ القـُطـُف
Umm al-Qutuf
Coordinates: 32°28′N 35°04′E / 32.467°N 35.067°E / 32.467; 35.067Coordinates: 32°28′N 35°04′E / 32.467°N 35.067°E / 32.467; 35.067
Grid position 155/208 PAL
District Haifa
Council Menashe
Population (2017)[1] 1,071
Name meaning "The ruin with the St. John's-worts"[2]

Umm al-Qutuf (Arabic: أمّ القـُطـُف‎; Hebrew: אֻם אל-קֻטוּף‬) is an Arab village in northern Israel. Located in the triangle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 1,071.[1]

History

Pottery remains from the Hellenistic,[3] Roman,[3][4] and Byzantine eras have been found here,[3][4][5] as have pottery remains from the early Muslim and the Middle Ages.[3]

Ottoman era

In 1882, during the late Ottoman era, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found at Kh. Umm el Kutuf only "ruined walls."[6]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kherbet Umm al-Qatuf had a population of 11 Muslims.[7]

A panoramic view from west on Umm al-Qutuf (center) and Barta'a (right); the village on the far hill on the left is Qazir

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. 150
  3. 1 2 3 4 Zertal, 2016, p. 163
  4. 1 2 Haddad, 2012, Umm el-Qutuf
  5. ↑ Dauphin, 19918, p. 750
  6. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 64
  7. ↑ Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 30

Bibliography

  • Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. 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.
  • Dauphin, Claudine (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. ISBN 0-860549-05-4.
  • Haddad, Elie (2012-03-22). "Umm el-Qutuf" (124). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel.
  • 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.
  • Zertal, A. (2016). The Manasseh Hill Country Survey. 3. Boston: BRILL. ISBN 9004312307.
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