Meiss Ej Jabal

Meiss Ej Jabal ميس الجبل
Village
Abi Zar mosque in Meiss Ej Jabal
Meiss Ej Jabal Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°10′10″N 35°31′32″E / 33.16944°N 35.52556°ECoordinates: 33°10′10″N 35°31′32″E / 33.16944°N 35.52556°E
Grid position	198/286 PAL
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Marjeyoun District
Elevation	630 m (2,070 ft)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Dialing code	+961

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

Name

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

Location

The municipality of Meiss Ej Jabal is located in the Kaza of Marjaayoun one of is 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. It's elevations is of 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).

History

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 Palestine Exploration Fund'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

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

Educational Establishments

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

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

Bibliography

• Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• 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.
• Palmer, E. H. (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.
• Rhode, Harold (1979). Administration and Population of the Sancak of Safed in the Sixteenth Century. Columbia University.

External links

• http://meiseljabal.org/
• Meiss Ej Jabal, Localiban
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons