Bayt Lif

Bayt Lif (Arabic: بيت ليف‎) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon.

Bayt Lif

بيت ليف
Village
Bayt Lif
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°8′1″N 35°19′58″E
Grid position181/282 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictBint Jbeil District
Elevation
530 m (1,740 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961(7)

Name

According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the house of lif" (palm-fibre).[1]

History

In 1852, Edward Robinson noted that the year before, a quantity of gold coin were found at Beit Lif, which was taken to Beirut and given to the Pasha. He further noted that the people were planting millet and tobacco.[2]

In 1875, Victor Guérin found here a village with 80 Metuali inhabitants.[3]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 150 Moslems [..] situated on a hill-top, with a few olives and arable land. Two cisterns and a birket near supply the water."[4]

References
  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 68
  2. Robinson and Smith, 1856, p. 62
  3. Guérin, 1880, pp. 415-416
  4. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 201

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.
  • Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
  • 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.
  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1856). Later Biblical Researches in Palestine and adjacent regions: A Journal of Travels in the year 1852. London: John Murray.
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