Kafr Abbush

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nameKafr 'Abbush
translit_lang1Arabic
translit_lang1_typeArabic
translit_lang1_infoكفر عبّوش
typeMunicipality type D (Village council)
pushpin_mapPalestine
pushpin_map_captionLocation of Kafr 'Abbush within Palestine
coordinates
grid_namePalestine grid
grid_position158/181
subdivision_typeState
subdivision_nameState of Palestine
subdivision_type1Governorate
subdivision_name1Tulkarm
established_titleFounded
government_footnotestags --
government_typeVillage council
unit_prefdunam
population_footnotes
population_total1739
population_as_of2017
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blank_name_sec1Name meaning
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History

Archeological findings from Kafr 'Abbush include potsherds from the Byzantine era and two menorahs carved in stone.

Ottoman era

Kafr 'Abbush was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared under the name of Abbush in the tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Bani Sa'b, part of Nablus Sanjak. It had a population of 19 Muslim households. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on various agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and/or beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 4,974 akçe.

In 1838, Robinson noted Kefr 'Abush as a village in Beni Sa'ab district, west of Nablus. In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya (sub-district) of Bani Sa'b.

In the 1860s, the Ottoman authorities granted the village an agricultural plot of land called Ghabat Kafr 'Abbush in the former confines of the Forest of Arsur (Ar. Al-Ghaba) in the coastal plain, west of the village.

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Kafr Abbush as: "a stone village of moderate size, on steep round hill, with a few olives. It is supplied by cisterns. The ground is very rugged near it."

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kafr Abbush had a population of 263 Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 360 Muslims, in 63 houses.

In the 1945 statistics the population of Kafr Abbush was 480 Muslims, with 4,923 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 952 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 1,047 were used for cereals, while 11 dunams were built-up (urban) land.

File:Kafr Zibad 1942.jpg|Kafr Abbush 1942 1:20,000 File:Taiyiba 1945.jpg|Kafr Abbush 1945 1:250,000

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Kafr Abbush came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population of Kafr Abbush was 704.

Post 1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Kafr Abbush has been under Israeli occupation.

Demography

Local origins

Residents of Kafr Abbush originally came from Egypt and Kafr Majdal (one village near Taybeh) in the 16th century.

Footnotes

Bibliography

References

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