Al-Nuqayb
Sign in to saveAl-Nuqayb was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15, 1948. It was located 10 km east across the lake from Tiberias. bordering the Wadi al-Muzaffar and Wadi Samakh. al-Nuqayb was named after the Bedouin tribe of 'Arab al-Nuqayb. ==Location== The village was located on the eastern shore of Lake Tiberias, with the fortress Qal'at al-Hisn located just to the east. ==History== In the 1880s most of the village land was purchased by the Bahá'u'lláh, while the villagers continued to farm as tenant farmers. ===British
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- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Located in
- Tiberias
- Population
- +320
- Elevation
- -200
- Image
- Al-Nuqayb.png
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Al-Nuqayb was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tiberias Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15, 1948. It was located 10 km east across the lake from Tiberias. bordering the Wadi al-Muzaffar and Wadi Samakh. al-Nuqayb was named after the Bedouin tribe of 'Arab al-Nuqayb. ==Location== The village was located on the eastern shore of Lake Tiberias, with the fortress Qal'at al-Hisn located just to the east. ==History== In the 1880s most of the village land was purchased by the Bahá'u'lláh, while the villagers continued to farm as tenant farmers. ===British Mandate era=== In the 1920s, the land the Bahá'u'lláh had purchased was sold to the JNF. At the time of the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Nuqhaib had a population of 103 Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 287 Muslims, in 60 houses.
The Kibbutz of Ein Gev was established in 1937, 1,5 km south of the village site.