Yibna

Yibna
يبنا
Tel Yavne
Mamluk minaret in Yibna
Mamluk minaret in Yibna
Etymology: Built[1]
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Yibna is located in Mandatory Palestine
Yibna
Yibna
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°51′58″N 34°44′47″E / 31.86611°N 34.74639°E / 31.86611; 34.74639
Palestine grid126/141
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulation4 June 1948[3]
Area
 • Total59,554 dunams (59.554 km2 or 22.994 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total5,420[2]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary causeExpulsion by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesYavne,[4] Beit Raban, Kfar HaNagid, Beit Gamliel

Yibna (Arabic: يبنا; Jabneh or Jabneel in Biblical times; Jamnia in Roman times; Ibelin to the Crusaders), or Tel Yavne, is an archaeological site and depopulated Palestinian town. The ruins are located immediately southeast of the modern Israeli city of Yavne.

The town had a population of 5,420 in 1948, located 15 kilometers southwest of Ramla.[5] Most of the population fled after the fall of Qubeiba and Zarnuqa in late May, and the remainder were expelled by Israeli forces after the town was taken on June 5.[6]

It is a significant site for post-biblical Jewish history, as it was the location of the Council of Jamnia, considered the birthplace of modern Rabbinic Judaism. It is also significant in the history of the Crusades, as the location of the House of Ibelin.

  1. ^ Conder, C. R. (Claude Reignier); Palestine Exploration Fund; Kitchener, Horatio Herbert Kitchener; Palmer, Edward Henry (1881). The survey of Western Palestine : Arabic and English name lists collected during the survey. Robarts - University of Toronto. London : Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 30
  3. ^ Morris, Research Fellow Truman Institute Benny; Morris, Benny; Benny, Morris (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
  4. ^ Morris, Research Fellow Truman Institute Benny; Morris, Benny; Benny, Morris (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p.421
  6. ^ Morris, Research Fellow Truman Institute Benny; Morris, Benny; Benny, Morris (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.

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