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Meiss Ej Jabal

Coordinates: 33°10′10″N 35°31′32″E / 33.16944°N 35.52556°E / 33.16944; 35.52556
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Meiss Ej Jabal
ميس الجبل
Village
Abi Zar mosque in Meiss Ej Jabal
Abi Zar mosque in Meiss Ej Jabal
Map showing the location of Rab El Thalathine within Lebanon
Map showing the location of Rab El Thalathine within Lebanon
Meiss Ej Jabal
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°10′10″N 35°31′32″E / 33.16944°N 35.52556°E / 33.16944; 35.52556
Grid position198/286 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictMarjeyoun District
Elevation
630 m (2,070 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Meiss Ej Jabal (Arabic: ميس الجبل) is a village in the Marjeyoun District in Lebanon.

Name

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According to E. H. Palmer, the name Meis comes from the name of a tree.[1]

Location

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The municipality of Meiss Ej Jabal is located in the Kaza of Marjaayoun, one of the eight mohafazats (governorates) of Lebanon. Meiss Ej Jabal is 114 kilometers (70.8396 mi) away from Beyrouth (Beirut) the capital of Lebanon. Its elevation is 630 meters (2067.03 ft - 688.968 yd) above sea level. Meiss Ej Jabal surface stretches for 1924 hectares (19.24 km2 - 7.42664 mi2).[citation needed]

History

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In 1596, it was named as a village, Mis, in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 75 households and 11 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, vegetable and fruit garden or orchard, goats, beehives; in addition to occasional revenues, a press for olive oil or grape syrup and a winter pastures; a total of 12,860 akçe.[2][3]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found here: "ancient remains; one olive-press and two sarcophagi on the east side."[4] They further described it: "A large village in two parts, containing about 700 Metawileh, on low ridge, surrounded by figs, olives, and arable land. There is a birket near the village, and three good springs to the north, besides cisterns."[5]

Shrine

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The village holds a Shia shrine for the prophet's companion Abu Dharr. Another Shia shrine to Abu Dharr is located in Sarepta.[6]

Educational Establishments

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Educational establishments Meiss al-Jabal (2005-2006) Lebanon (2005-2006)
Number of Schools 3 2788
Public School 2 1763
Private School 1 1025
Students schooled in the public schools 435 439905
Students schooled in the private schools 144 471409

References

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  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 29
  2. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 181
  3. ^ Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
  4. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 136
  5. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 95
  6. ^ Rihan, Mohammad (2014). The Politics and Culture of an Umayyad Tribe: Conflict and Factionalism in the Early Islamic Period. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 195. ISBN 9780857736208 – via books.google.com.

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