Muhajbib
Muhajbib, Mhaibib, (Arabic: محيبيب) is a small village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon.
Muhajbib محيبيب | |
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Village | |
Muhajbib Location within Lebanon | |
Coordinates: 33°09′17″N 35°30′20″E | |
Grid position | 197/284 PAL |
Country | |
Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
District | Marjeyoun District |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Dialing code | +961 |
Name
E. H. Palmer wrote that the name Neby Muheibîb meant "the prophet Muheibîb", "beloved".[1]
History
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Neby Muheibib as: "a small village round the stone Neby, containing about seventy Moslems, situated on top of ridge, with olives and arable land; there are two cisterns in the village."[2]
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Bibliography
- Conder, C.R.; 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.
- 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
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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