At-Tayba


at-Tayba is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 18 km Northwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,386 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.

History

Ceramics from the Persian, late Roman, Byzantine, early Muslim and the Middle Ages have been found here.

Ottoman era

At-Tayba was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and by the 1596 tax register it was part of nahiya of Sara under the liwa' of Lajjun, with a population of 6 Muslim households. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, beehives and/or goats, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 3,500 akçe.
In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine found here "a modern ruined village with springs."

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, At-Tayba came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 467 inhabitants in Taiyiba.

Post-1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, At-Tayba has been under Israeli occupation.

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