Aabbassiyeh

Aabbassiyeh عباسيّة
Village
Aabbassiyeh
Coordinates: 33°17′55″N 35°16′59″E
Grid position	107/151 L
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	South Governorate
District	Tyre
Time zone	GMT +3

Aabbassiyeh (Arabic: عباسيّة) is a village in the Tyre District in South Lebanon.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, the name Aabbassiyeh came from the proper name ‘Abbâs, the uncle of the prophet.

History

In 1875, Victor Guérin estimated the population to be 600 Metawileh.

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A stone-built village, containing 400 Metawileh, built on a ridge ; the ground around it is cultivated for barley, etc., and there are groves of figs and olives. The water supply is derived from a large pool to the north, and a good spring built up with masonry, also to the north of the village ; there are no antiquities, and only a few cisterns."

Bibliography

• Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
• 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

• Aabbassiyeh, Localiban
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 1: IAA, Wikimedia commons