Umm al-Qutuf explained
| Umm al-Qutuf |
| Arname: | أمّ القـُطـُف |
| Meaning: | "The ruin with the St. John's-worts"[1] |
| District: | haifa |
| Council: | Menashe |
| Pushpin Map: | Israel haifa#Israel |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Coordinates: | 32.4669°N 35.0569°W |
| Palgrid: | 155/208 |
Umm al-Qutuf (ar|أمّ القـُطـُف; he|אֻם אל-קֻטוּף) is an Arab village in northern Israel. Located in the triangle, it falls under the jurisdiction of Menashe Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
Pottery remains from the Hellenistic,[2] Roman,[2] [3] and Byzantine eras have been found here,[2] [3] [4] as have pottery remains from the early Muslim and the Middle Ages.[2]
Ottoman era
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found at Kh. Umm el Kutuf only "ruined walls."[5]
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kherbet Umm al-Qatuf had a population of 11 Muslims.[6]
See also
Bibliography
- Book: Barron, J.B. . Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 . Government of Palestine . 1923.
- Book: Conder. C.R.. Claude Reignier Conder. Kitchener. H.H.. Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener. 1882. The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. London. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. 2.
- Book: Dauphin, C.. Claudine Dauphin. La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations . III : Catalogue . BAR International Series 726 . 1998 . Archeopress . Oxford. French. 0-860549-05-4.
- Haddad . Elie. 2012-03-22 . Umm el-Qutuf . Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel . 124.
- Book: Palmer, E.H.. Edward Henry Palmer. 1881. The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Book: Zertal, A.. Adam Zertal . The Manasseh Hill Country Survey. 3. Boston. BRILL. 2016. 978-9004312302 .
External links
Notes and References
- Palmer, 1881, p. 150
- Zertal, 2016, p. 163
- Haddad, 2012, Umm el-Qutuf
- Dauphin, 19918, p. 750
- Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 64
- Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 30
