Zir'in
Sign in to save'''Zir'in (), also spelled Zerin and Zerein''', was a Palestinian Arab village of over 1,400 in the Jezreel Valley, located north of Jenin. Identified as the ancient town of Yizre'el (Jezreel), it was known as Zir'in during Islamic rule, and was near the site of the Battle of Ain Jalut, in which the Mamluks halted Mongol expansion southward. Under the Ottomans, it was a small village, expanding during the British Mandate in the early 20th century. After its capture by Israel in 1948, Zir'in was destroyed. The Israeli kibbutz of Yizre'el was established shortly after on the village lands of Zir
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- Locality
- מועצה אזורית גלבוע
- Region
- מחוז הצפון
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 553
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- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Population
- 1450
- Area
- 23920
- Elevation
- 75
- Image
- Zarin 1949.jpg
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- Zir'in
- native label
- زرعين
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Bronze and Iron Ages
- Crusader period
- Mamluk period
- Ottoman period
- British Mandate
- 1948 war
- Israel
- The tower house
- Geography
- Demographics
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
'''Zir'in (), also spelled Zerin and Zerein''', was a Palestinian Arab village of over 1,400 in the Jezreel Valley, located north of Jenin. Identified as the ancient town of Yizre'el (Jezreel), it was known as Zir'in during Islamic rule, and was near the site of the Battle of Ain Jalut, in which the Mamluks halted Mongol expansion southward. Under the Ottomans, it was a small village, expanding during the British Mandate in the early 20th century. After its capture by Israel in 1948, Zir'in was destroyed. The Israeli kibbutz of Yizre'el was established shortly after on the village lands of Zir'in.
==Etymology== Derived from a common Canaanite root meaning to "sow", Yizre'el translates in Hebrew as "God give seed" and its Arabic name "Zir'in" has a similar connotation.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zir'in” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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