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===Ottoman era===
===Ottoman era===
In 1517 the village was incorporated into the [[Ottoman Empire]] with the rest of Palestine. During the [[16th century|16th]] and [[17th century|17th centuries]], [[Turabay dynasty|Turabay]] Emirate (1517-1683), which encompassed also the [[Jezreel Valley]], [[Haifa]], [[Jenin]], [[Beit She'an Valley]], northern [[Jabal Nablus]], [[Manasseh Hills|Bilad al-Ruha/Ramot Menashe]], and the northern part of the [[Sharon plain]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=al-Bakhīt |first=Muḥammad ʻAdnān |last2=al-Ḥamūd |first2=Nūfān Rajā |title=Daftar mufaṣṣal nāḥiyat Marj Banī ʻĀmir wa-tawābiʻihā wa-lawāḥiqihā allatī kānat fī taṣarruf al-Amīr Ṭarah Bāy sanat 945 ah |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/28579982 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=www.worldcat.org |publisher=Jordanian University |pages=1-35 |language=en |publication-place=Amman |publication-date=1989}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Marom |first=Roy |last2=Marom |first2=Tepper |last3=Adams |first3=Matthew, J |title=Lajjun: Forgotten Provincial Capital in Ottoman Palestine |url=https://www.academia.edu/101515579/Lajjun_Forgotten_Provincial_Capital_in_Ottoman_Palestine |journal=Levant |doi=10.1080/00758914.2023.2202484}}</ref>
In 1517 the village was incorporated into the [[Ottoman Empire]] with the rest of Palestine. During the [[16th century|16th]] and [[17th century|17th centuries]], [[Turabay dynasty|Turabay]] Emirate (1517-1683), which encompassed also the [[Jezreel Valley]], [[Haifa]], [[Jenin]], [[Beit She'an Valley]], northern [[Jabal Nablus]], [[Manasseh Hills|Bilad al-Ruha/Ramot Menashe]], and the northern part of the [[Sharon plain]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=al-Bakhīt |first=Muḥammad ʻAdnān |last2=al-Ḥamūd |first2=Nūfān Rajā |title=Daftar mufaṣṣal nāḥiyat Marj Banī ʻĀmir wa-tawābiʻihā wa-lawāḥiqihā allatī kānat fī taṣarruf al-Amīr Ṭarah Bāy sanat 945 ah |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/28579982 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=www.worldcat.org |publisher=Jordanian University |pages=1-35 |language=en |publication-place=Amman |publication-date=1989}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Marom |first1=R. |author-link1= Roy Marom|last2=Tepper |first2=Y.|author-link2= Yotam Tepper|last3=Adams |first3=M.|author-link3= Matthew J. Adams|title=Lajjun: Forgotten Provincial Capital in Ottoman Palestine |url=https://www.academia.edu/101515579/Lajjun_Forgotten_Provincial_Capital_in_Ottoman_Palestine |journal=Levant |doi=10.1080/00758914.2023.2202484}}</ref>


In the 1596 [[Ottoman Syria|Ottoman]] [[daftar|tax-records]] a village named Qaffin appeared part of the ''[[nahiya]]'' (subdistrict) of [[Jenin]] under the ''[[Liwa (Arabic)|liwa'<nowiki/>]]'' (district) of [[Lajjun]], with a population of 27 [[Muslim]] households. They paid taxes on a number of products, including [[wheat]], [[barley]], summer crops, [[olive]]s, [[goat]]s and [[beehive]]s, in addition to occasional revenues and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 9,000 [[akçe]].<ref>Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 161. They also state that this Qaffin does not coincide with the borders of nahiya Jinin, but Zertal, 2016, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=XytzCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA316 316] have included it in this place.</ref>
In the 1596 [[Ottoman Syria|Ottoman]] [[daftar|tax-records]] a village named Qaffin appeared part of the ''[[nahiya]]'' (subdistrict) of [[Jenin]] under the ''[[Liwa (Arabic)|liwa'<nowiki/>]]'' (district) of [[Lajjun]], with a population of 27 [[Muslim]] households. They paid taxes on a number of products, including [[wheat]], [[barley]], summer crops, [[olive]]s, [[goat]]s and [[beehive]]s, in addition to occasional revenues and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 9,000 [[akçe]].<ref>Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 161. They also state that this Qaffin does not coincide with the borders of nahiya Jinin, but Zertal, 2016, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=XytzCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA316 316] have included it in this place.</ref>

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Qaffin
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicقفّين
 • LatinQaffein (official)
Qaffin, 2011
Qaffin, 2011
Qaffin is located in State of Palestine
Qaffin
Qaffin
Location of Qaffin within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°26′00″N 35°05′01″E / 32.43333°N 35.08361°E / 32.43333; 35.08361
Palestine grid158/204
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateTulkarm
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • Head of MunicipalityTayseer Harsha
Population
 (2007)
 • Total
8,387
Name meaningKuffin: a rugged hill[1]

Qaffin (Template:Lang-ar) is a Palestinian town located 22 kilometers (14 mi) northeast of Tulkarm in the Tulkarm Governorate in the northwestern West Bank. The town is an agricultural town. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, its population consisted over 8,387 inhabitants in 2007.[2] The built-up area of the town is 1,000 dunams.[3]

History

Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.[4]

In 1265, Qaffin was one of the estates given by Sultan Baibars to his followers after his victory over the Crusaders.[5] Half of Qaffin was given to emir Rukn al-Din Baibars al-Mu'izzi.[6]

Ottoman era

In 1517 the village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine. During the 16th and 17th centuries, Turabay Emirate (1517-1683), which encompassed also the Jezreel Valley, Haifa, Jenin, Beit She'an Valley, northern Jabal Nablus, Bilad al-Ruha/Ramot Menashe, and the northern part of the Sharon plain.[7][8]

In the 1596 Ottoman tax-records a village named Qaffin appeared part of the nahiya (subdistrict) of Jenin under the liwa' (district) of Lajjun, with a population of 27 Muslim households. They paid taxes on a number of products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olives, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 9,000 akçe.[9]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described the village, then named Kuffin as: "A good sized village on the low hills east of the Plain of Sharon, with a well on the south side. It has rock cut tombs, and a palm grows near the village."[10]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kaffin had a population of 721 Muslims,[11] increasing in the 1931 census to 1,085 Muslims, living in 255 houses.[12]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Qaffin, (including Kh. el Aqqaba and Kh. esh Sheik Meisar) was 1,570 Muslims,[13] and the land area was 23,755 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[14] Of this, 5,863 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 8,371 were used for cereals,[15] while 40 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[16]

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Qaffin came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population of Qaffin was 2,457.[17]

Post 1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Qaffin has been under Israeli occupation.

  • On 7 February, Bader Harashi (20) had quarreled with an Israeli soldier at the Separation barrier just outside the village, where he was protesting the Trump Middle East peace plan. According to Palestinian reports, the soldier, apparently a Druze, left, came back some minutes later in a jeep, opened the door andshot Harashi dead. According to the IDF investigation, Harashi was shot dead when observed preparing to throw a Molotov cocktail.[18]

References

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 150
  2. ^ 2007 PCBS census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). p. 107.
  3. ^ Israeli Settlers set fire into 200 dunums of Qaffin Village Lands Archived May 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine The Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 2007-06-17.
  4. ^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 753
  5. ^ Zertal, 2016, pp. 316-317
  6. ^ Ibn al-Furat, 1971, pp. 81, 210, 249 (map)
  7. ^ al-Bakhīt, Muḥammad ʻAdnān; al-Ḥamūd, Nūfān Rajā (1989). "Daftar mufaṣṣal nāḥiyat Marj Banī ʻĀmir wa-tawābiʻihā wa-lawāḥiqihā allatī kānat fī taṣarruf al-Amīr Ṭarah Bāy sanat 945 ah". www.worldcat.org. Amman: Jordanian University. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  8. ^ Marom, R.; Tepper, Y.; Adams, M. "Lajjun: Forgotten Provincial Capital in Ottoman Palestine". Levant. doi:10.1080/00758914.2023.2202484.
  9. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 161. They also state that this Qaffin does not coincide with the borders of nahiya Jinin, but Zertal, 2016, p. 316 have included it in this place.
  10. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 47
  11. ^ Barron, 1923, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 30.
  12. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 70
  13. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 21
  14. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 76
  15. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 127
  16. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 177
  17. ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 14
  18. ^ Gideon Levy, Alex Levac, 'What the Israeli army does to soldiers who shoot Palestinians,' Haaretz 19 November 2021

Bibliography