Ed-Dahi
Dahi
דַחִי لدحي | |
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • standard | דַחִי |
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| Etymology: Village of Dŭhy[1] | |
  Dahi  Dahi | |
| Coordinates: 32°37′16″N 35°20′37″E / 32.62111°N 35.34361°E | |
| Grid position | 182/225 PAL |
| Country |  Israel |
| District | Northern |
| Council | Bustan al-Marj |
| Population (2022)[2] | 723 |
Dahi (Arabic: الدحي) (Hebrew: דַחִי) is an Arab village in northeastern Israel. Located on Givat HaMoreh (Jebel Dahi in Arabic) overlooking Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bustan al-Marj Regional Council. The village is situated at an altitude of 550 meters above sea level.[3] As of 2022 it had a population of 723.[2]
History
Dahi was named after Dahia Bin Khalifa al-Kalbei, who according to Islamic tradition, was a friend of the prophet Muhammad. Dahia, an ambassador of Muhammad, attempted to convert Byzantine emperor Heraclius to Islam. According to local tradition, Dahia was killed and buried in the site of the village.[3]
Ottoman era
In 1875 Victor Guérin found here a small village, consisting of fifteen "miserable" houses, surrounded by gardens and bordered by cactus hedges.[4]
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as "a little hamlet of stone cabins, on the saddle west of the conical peak of Jebel ed Duhy. Straggling olives exist on the north and west. The water supply is from a well lower down the hill, on the north."[5]
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British authorities, Al Dahi had a population of 84, all Muslims,[6] increasing slightly in the 1931 census to 87, still all Muslim, in a total of 16 houses.[7]
In the 1945 statistics the population was 110, all Muslims,[8] while the total land area was 8,038 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[9] Of this, 19 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 2,979 for cereals,[10] while 10 dunams were classified as built-up areas.[11]
State of Israel
In February 2016, Bustan al-Marj Regional Council announced that its offices would move from Afula to Ed Dahi. Council chairman Ahmed Zoabi noted "The offices are now located in one of the four villages of the council and this is important". In September 2017, the regional council completed its road-paving project.
See also
References
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 163
- ^ a b "Regional Statistics". Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ a b Dahei Archived 2009-10-21 at the Wayback Machine Bustan al-Marj Regional Council.
- ^ Guérin, 1880, pp. 114-115
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 85
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Nazareth, p. 38
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 73
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 8
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 62
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 109
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 159
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.
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945.
- Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 1. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- 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.
External links
- Welcome To al-Dahi
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 9: IAA, Wikimedia commons
