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Shabtin

Shabtin is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central West Bank.

Shabtin
Municipality type C
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicشبتين/شبطين
Shabtin
Shabtin
Shabtin is located in State of Palestine
Shabtin
Shabtin
Location of Shabtin within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°58′26″N 35°02′59″E / 31.97389°N 35.04972°E / 31.97389; 35.04972
Palestine grid154/153
State State of Palestine
GovernorateRamallah and al-Bireh
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total1,136
Name meaningfrom personal name[2]

Shabtin is located 14.4 kilometres (9 mi) north-west of Ramallah. Shabtin is bordered by Al Itihad to the east, Shuqba to the north, Ni'lin to the west, and Deir Qaddis to the south.[3]

Etymology

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The name Šabtīn /Šibtīn/ is Aramaic, and means ““sticks, canes”.[4]

History

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Just southeast of the village (at grid no. 1544/1528) is Kh. Shabtin, where pottery sherds from the Persian,[5] Persian/Hellenistic,[5] late Roman,[6] Byzantine[5][6] Umayyad/Abbasid eras have been found.[5] The SWP noted "Traces of ruins" here.[7]

Pottery sherds from the Roman/Byzantine eras have been found at Shabtin.[8]

During the Crusader era, the area was a Crusader stronghold, centred around Aboud. Remains of a house from Crusader era have been identified in the centre of Shabtin.[9]

Sherds from the Mamluk era have been found in Shabtin, together with a hoard of 45 Mamluk gold coins.[8]

Ottoman era

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The current village was founded in the 18th century or in the early 19th century.[10]

Sherds from the early Ottoman era has also been found here.[8]

In the 1840s, the village got caught up in the Qays–Yaman rivalry and was at one time plundered.[11]

In 1870, Victor Guérin noted the village, Cheptin, on the slopes of a hill in the distance.[12] An Ottoman village list of the same year, 1870, showed that Schetin had 16 houses and a population of 42, though the population count only included men.[13][14]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described ‘’Shebtin’’ as: "a small village in a valley, with a well to the east. It appears to be an ancient site, and has rock cut tombs south of it."[15]

British Mandate era

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In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Shebtin had a population of 63 inhabitants, all Muslims,[16] increasing in the 1931 census to a population of 110, still all Muslim, in 20 houses.[17]

In 1945 statistics the population of Shabtin was 150 Muslims,[18] with 4,423 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[19] Of this, 27 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 1,158 dunams for cereals,[20] while 7 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[21]

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    Shabtin 1944 1:20,000
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    Shabtin 1945 1:250,000

Jordanian era

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In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Shabtin came under Jordanian rule.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 232 inhabitants.[22]

Post-1967

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During the Six-Day War in 1967, Shabtin came under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 7.2% of Shabtin land was classified as Area B, the remaining 92.8% as Area C.[23]

Israel has confiscated 1,781 dunams of land from Shabtin in order to construct two settlements, Nili and Na'aleh.[24]

References

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  1. ^ Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 241
  3. ^ Shabtin Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 4
  4. ^ Marom, Roy; Zadok, Ran (2023). "Early-Ottoman Palestinian Toponymy: A Linguistic Analysis of the (Micro-)Toponyms in Haseki Sultan's Endowment Deed (1552)". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. 139 (2).
  5. ^ a b c d Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 194
  6. ^ a b Dauphin, 1998, p. 830
  7. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 355
  8. ^ a b c Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 195
  9. ^ Ellenblum, 2003, pp. 134, 180
  10. ^ 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. 347
  11. ^ Macalister and Masterman, 1906, pp. 43-44
  12. ^ Guérin, 1875, p. 81
  13. ^ Socin, 1879, p.161 It was also noted to be in the Ramla district, and noted after Der Kaddis
  14. ^ Hartmann, 1883, p. 140, also noted 16 houses
  15. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 298
  16. ^ Barron, 1923, Table VII, Division Jaffa, Sub-district of Ramleh, p. 22
  17. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 23
  18. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 30
  19. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 68
  20. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 117
  21. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 167
  22. ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 24
  23. ^ Shabtin Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 15
  24. ^ Shabtin Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 16

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