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Mazari an-Nubani
Mazari an-Nubani
Municipality type C
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	مزارع النوباني
	Mazari an-Nubani
	Mazari an-Nubani Location of Mazari an-Nubani within Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°02′58″N 35°09′57″E / 32.04944°N 35.16583°E
Palestine grid	165/161
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Ramallah and al-Bireh
Government
• Type	Municipality
Population (2017)
• Total	2,436
Name meaning	"The sown land",

Mazari an-Nubani (Arabic: مزارع النوباني) is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 25 kilometers North of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,436 inhabitants in 2017.^[1]

History

Mazari al-Nubani was by earlier scholars (Röhricht, Prawer and Benvenisti) identified with the Crusader village called Mezera, but newer scholars (Finkelstein et al.) disputes this.^[3]

Ottoman era

In 1596 the village, under the name of Mazra'at al-'Abbas, appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Quds of the Liwa of Quds. It had a population of 60 households and 21 bachelors, all Muslim. Taxes were paid on wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards and fruit trees, goats and/or beehives; a total of 6,910 akçe. 1/3 of the revenue went to a Waqf.^[4]^[5]

In 1838 el-Mezari'a was noted as a Muslim village, part of the Beni Zeid area, located north of Jerusalem.^[6]

When Guérin passed by the village in 1870, he estimated it had a population of about 600.^[7] An Ottoman village list from about the same year showed Mazari with a population of 560, in 163 houses, though the population count included men only. It was also noted it was located east of Qarawat Bani Zeid.^[8]^[9]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described the village, then called Mezrah,^[2] as being of moderate size, on high ground.^[10]

In 1896 the population of Mezra‘a was estimated to be about 1,008 persons.^[11]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Mazarie' al-Nubani had a population of 611 Muslims,^[12] increasing in the 1931 census to 864 Muslims, in 193 houses.^[13]

The 1945 statistics found 1,090 Muslim inhabitants^[14] with a total of 9,631 dunam of land.^[15] Of this, 7,399 were used for plantations and irrigable land, 445 for cereals,^[16] while 59 dunams were classified as built-up areas.^[17]

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Mazari Nubani came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population of Mazari al-Nubani was 1,358.^[18]

Post 1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Mazari al-Nuban has been under Israeli occupation.

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of approximately 2,510 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.^[19]

Folklore

The local a-Nubani hamula claims to descend from Abdul Qadir Gilani, a Sufi leader who founded the Qadiri order.^[20]

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ ^a ^b meaning "The sown land", according to Palmer, 1881, p. 239
^ Röhricht, 1887, p. 200, Prawer and Benvenisti, 1970; both cited in Finkelstein, 1997, p. 464. Finkelstein found no old pottery here.
^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 114
^ Toledano, 1984, p. 296, has Mazari at location 35°09′35″E 32°03′00″N.
^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 125
^ Guérin, 1875, p. 170
^ Socin, 1879, p. 157
^ Hartmann, 1883, p. 107, noted 103 houses
^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 291
^ Schick, 1896, p. 124
^ Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramallah, p. 17
^ Mills, 1932, p. 50.
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 26
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 65
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 112
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 162
^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 24
^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Ramallah & Al Bireh Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
^ Tal, Uri (2023). Muslim Shrines in Eretz Israel: History, Religion, Traditions, Folklore (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi. p. 185. ISBN 978-965-217-452-9.