From the Pages of the Defter (ص 106)
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recorded in 1876 were a single, 995-dunam plot of field-crop land in Bayt Maqram registered
to his daughter Amina, a 1,550-dunam plot of field-crop land in Wadi al-Sifr/al-Safr /al-Sufr
registered to his oldest son Yahya, and a 200-dunam plot registered to his son Musa.”
Between these two extremes of regional population lie another forty-nine villages
and one inhabited mezra‘, Rihiyya. Chart 2.1 below shows the distribution of inhabited
settlements according to the number of recorded residences in each.
Chart 2.1
Distribution of Hebron villages, 1876, according to number of residences
Source: 1292 M (1876) Esas-! Emlak register
173 ISA, Esas-i Emlak, entries # 9177, 9182, 9183. The ‘Amr family owned land in a number of villages in the
district, such as Bani Na‘im and Halhul, and commercial and residential properties in Hebron as well.
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- From the Pages of the Defter
- Date
- 2016
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- Susynne McElrone
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