Misilyah

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nameMisilyah
translit_lang1Arabic
translit_lang1_typeArabic
translit_lang1_infoمسلية
typeMunicipality type D (Village council)
image_skylineNature.meslia.jpg
pushpin_mapPalestine
pushpin_map_captionLocation of Misilyah within Palestine
coordinates
grid_namePalestine grid
grid_position177/199
subdivision_typeState
subdivision_nameState of Palestine
subdivision_type1Governorate
subdivision_name1Jenin
established_titleFounded
government_footnotestags --
government_typeVillage council
unit_prefdunam
population_footnotes
population_total2884
population_as_of2017
population_density_km2auto
blank_name_sec1Name meaning
blank_info_sec1'an example', In Phænician: 'an image', in old Arabic it means: 'traces of a dwelling which are becoming effaced'
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| name = Misilyah | translit_lang1 = Arabic | translit_lang1_type = Arabic | translit_lang1_info = مسلية | type = Municipality type D (Village council) | image_skyline = Nature.meslia.jpg | image_caption= | pushpin_map = Palestine | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Misilyah within Palestine | image_map= | map_caption= | coordinates = | grid_name = Palestine grid | grid_position = 177/199 | subdivision_type = State | subdivision_name = State of Palestine | subdivision_type1 = Governorate | subdivision_name1 = Jenin | established_title = Founded | established_date= | government_footnotes = tags -- | government_type = Village council | leader_title= | leader_name= | unit_pref = dunam | area_footnotes= | area_total_km2= | area_total_dunam= | elevation_footnotes= | elevation_m= | elevation_min_m= | elevation_max_m= | population_footnotes= | population_total = 2884 | population_as_of = 2017 | population_note= | population_density_km2= auto | blank_name_sec1 = Name meaning | blank_info_sec1 = 'an example', In Phænician: 'an image', in old Arabic it means: 'traces of a dwelling which are becoming effaced' | website= | footnotes= Misilyah (), sometimes spelled Mithiliyeh and Misiliyeh, is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank of the State of Palestine, located 14 kilometers south of the city of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,252 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 2,884 by 2017. The main agricultural crops cultivated in Misilya are olives, grapes, figs, and vegetables. Roman and Islamic ruins have been found in the village.

Geography

Misilyah is situated in a small plain in the foothills of Jabal Faḳu'ah, or Mount Gilboa. The plain, Marj al-Gharaḳ, also spelled Merj el-Ghǔrǔk, which lacks any natural drainage, was described at the beginning of the 20th century as transforming into a large swamp during the rainy season, only to dry up in summer, when the resulting field was cultivated with grain.

History

Pottery sherds from the late Roman, Byzantine, early Muslim and Medieval eras have been found here.

C. R. Conder suggested in the 1880s that Misilyah was ancient Bethulia, but Zertal, 2004, found no archeological evidence supporting this.

Ottoman era

Modern Misilyah was established sometime after the 16th century. It appears in tax records dating back to 1671. The locals of Qabatiya consider Misilyah to be an offshoot of their village, with some residents originating from nearby villages.

In 1838, Edward Robinson noted the village when he travelled in the region, as bordering the extremely fertile Marj Sanur. He listed it as part of the District of Haritheh, north of Nablus.

In 1870, Victor Guérin noted it, "sitting on the northern slopes of a hill planted with superb olive trees; at the bottom there is a fertile and well-cultivated plain."

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Meselieh: "A small village, with a detached portion to the north, and placed on a slope, with a hill to the south, and surrounded by good olive-groves, with an open valley called Wady el Melek (' the King's Valley') on the north. The water-supply is from wells, some of which have an ancient appearance. They are mainly supplied with rain-water."

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Meselayyeh had a population 190 Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 222 Muslim, in a total of 49 houses.

In the 1945 statistics the population was 330 Muslims, with a total of 9,038 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 2,683 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 2,592 dunams were for cereals, while a total of 23 dunams were built-up, urban land.

Jordanian era

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

In 1961, the population of Misilya was 606.

Post-1967

After the Six-Day War in 1967, Misilyah has been under Israeli occupation.

On 17 January 2016 a 21 year old resident of Masliya was shot dead by Israeli soldiers.

References

Bibliography

References

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  4. (1901–1906). "Bethulia (Bαιτουλοόα, Bαιτουλία, Bετυλοόα, Bαιτυλοόα; Vulgate, Bethulia)". Funk & Wagnalls.
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  7. Conder, 1881, pp.[https://archive.org/stream/quarterlystateme13pale#page/n219/mode/1up 194]–195
  8. Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp03conduoft#page/436/mode/1up 436]-437
  9. Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in '''Shomron studies'''. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 350
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  11. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2 appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/130/mode/1up 130]
  12. Guérin, 1874, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptionsam01gu#page/344/mode/1up 344]
  13. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/156/mode/1up 156]-157
  14. Barron, 1923, Table V, Sub-district of Jenin, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n31/mode/1up 29]
  15. Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 69]
  16. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p16.jpg 16] {{Webarchive. link. (2018-09-05)
  17. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Jinin/Page-054.jpg 54]
  18. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Jinin/Page-099.jpg 99]
  19. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Jinin/Page-149.jpg 149]
  20. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p25.pdf 25]
  21. [http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769848 Palestinian shot dead near Nablus after alleged attempted attack] Ma'an 17/1/2016
  22. [https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.697885 Palestinian Shot After Attempting to Stab Israelis in the West Bank] Ha'aretz 17/1/2016

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