Place in Haifa, Israel
Umm al-Qutuf (
Arabic : أمّ القـُطـُف ;
Hebrew : אֻם אל-קֻטוּף ) is an
Arab village in northern Israel. Located in
the triangle , it falls under the jurisdiction of
Menashe Regional Council . In 2022 it had a population of 1,201.
[2]
History
Pottery remains from the
Hellenistic ,
[3]
Roman ,
[3]
[4] and
Byzantine eras have been found here,
[3]
[4]
[5] as have pottery remains from the early
Muslim and the Middle Ages.
[3]
Ottoman era
In 1882, the
PEF 's
Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found at Kh. Umm el Kutuf only "ruined walls."
[6]
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.
[7]
A panoramic view from west on Umm al-Qutuf (center) and
Barta'a (right); the village on the far hill on the left is
Qazir
See also
References
^ Palmer, 1881, p.
150
^
a
b
"Regional Statistics" . Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024 .
^
a
b
c
d Zertal, 2016, p.
163
^
a
b 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
Bibliography
Barron, J.B., ed. (1923).
Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 . Government of Palestine.
Conder, C.R. ;
Kitchener, H.H. (1882).
The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology . Vol. 2. London:
Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund .
Dauphin, C. (1998).
La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations . BAR International Series 726 (in French). Vol. III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress.
ISBN
0-860549-05-4 .
Haddad, Elie (2012-03-22).
"Umm el-Qutuf" (124). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel.
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 .
Zertal, A. (2016).
The Manasseh Hill Country Survey . Vol. 3. Boston: BRILL.
ISBN
978-9004312302 .
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