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Dibbine

Coordinates: 33°22′10″N 35°35′41″E / 33.36944°N 35.59472°E / 33.36944; 35.59472
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Dibbine
دبين
Village
Map showing the location of Blat within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Blat within Lebanon
Dibbine
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°22′10″N 35°35′41″E / 33.36944°N 35.59472°E / 33.36944; 35.59472
Grid position136/159 L
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictMarjeyoun District
Elevation
650 m (2,130 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Dibbine (Arabic: دبين) is a small village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon, located just north of Marjeyoun.

History

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In 1596, it was named as a village, Dibin, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 41 households and 6 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, "dulab harir", goats, beehives; in addition to occasional revenues, a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 3,969 akçe.[1][2]

In 1838, Eli Smith noted Dibbine as a predominantly Metawileh and Greek Christian village.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 181
  2. ^ Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 Archived 2019-04-20 at the Wayback Machine writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
  3. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 137

Bibliography

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  • Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
  • Rhode, Harold (1979). Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century. Columbia University. Archived from the original on 2020-03-01. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
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