Tarbikha

Tarbikha
تربيخا
Etymology: possibly from Teir Bikha, the Fortress of Bikha[1]
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Tarbikha is located in Mandatory Palestine
Tarbikha
Tarbikha
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°04′59″N 35°17′06″E / 33.08306°N 35.28500°E / 33.08306; 35.28500
Palestine grid177/276
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictAcre
Date of depopulationEarly November 1948[4]
Area
 • Total
18,563 dunams (18.563 km2 or 7.167 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
1,000[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationExpulsion by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesShomera,[5][6] Even Menachem,[6] Shtula,[6] Zar'it[6]

Tarbikha (Arabic: تربيخا), was a Palestinian Arab village. It was located 27 kilometres (17 miles) northeast of Acre in the British Mandate District of Acre that was captured and depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The inhabitants of this village were, similar to the inhabitants of Southern Lebanon, Shia Muslims.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 56
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 5
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 41
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #66 Also gives cause of depopulation. Also see p. 474
  5. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xxii, settlement #154
  6. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference Khalidi34 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).