Muhajbib Explained

Muhajbib
Native Name:محيبيب
Native Name Lang:ara
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Lebanon
Pushpin Map Alt:Map showing the location of Markaba within Lebanon
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Lebanon
Coordinates:33.1547°N 35.5056°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Nabatieh Governorate
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Marjeyoun District
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:EET
Utc Offset1:+2
Timezone1 Dst:EEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+3
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Area Code:+961

Muhajbib, Mhaibib, (Arabic: محيبيب) is a small village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon.

Name

E. H. Palmer wrote that the name Neby Muheibîb meant "the prophet Muheibîb", "beloved".[1]

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Neby Muheibib as: "a small village round the stone Neby, containing about seventy Moslems, situated on top of ridge, with olives and arable land; there are two cisterns in the village."[2]

Bibliography

. Edward Henry Palmer. 1881. The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

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Notes and References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 92
  2. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 202