Ed-Dahi

Dahi (Arabic: الدحي‎) (Hebrew: דַחִי‎) is an Arab village in northeastern Israel. Located on Givat HaMoreh (Jebel Dahi in Arabic) overlooking Afula, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bustan al-Marj Regional Council. The village is situated at an altitude of 550 meters above sea level.[3] As of 2019 it had a population of 703.[1]

Dahi

דַחִי‎
لدحي
Hebrew transcription(s)
 • standardדַחִי
Dahi
Dahi
Coordinates: 32°37′16″N 35°20′37″E
Grid position182/225 PAL
Country Israel
DistrictNorthern
CouncilBustan al-Marj
Population
 (2019)[1]
703
Name meaningVillage of Dŭhy[2]
Ed Dahi winter 2015

History
Dahi mosque

Dahi was named after Dahia Bin Khalifa al-Kalbei, who according to Islamic tradition, was a friend of the prophet Muhammad. Dahia, an ambassador of Muhammad, attempted to convert Byzantine emperor Heraclius to Islam. According to local tradition, Dahia was killed and buried in the site of the village.[3]

Ottoman era

In 1875 Victor Guérin found here a small village, consisting of fifteen "miserable" houses, surrounded by gardens and bordered by cactus hedges.[4]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as "a little hamlet of stone cabins, on the saddle west of the conical peak of Jebel ed Duhy. Straggling olives exist on the north and west. The water supply is from a well lower down the hill, on the north."[5]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British authorities, Al Dahi had a population of 84, all Muslims,[6] increasing slightly in the 1931 census to 87, still all Muslim, in a total of 16 houses.[7]

In the 1945 statistics the population was 110, all Muslims,[8] while the total land area was 8,038 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[9] Of this, 19 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 2,979 for cereals,[10] while 10 dunams were classified as built-up areas.[11]

State of Israel

In February 2016, Bustan al-Marj Regional Council announced that its offices would move from Afula to Ed Dahi. Council chairman Ahmed Zoabi noted "The offices are now located in one of the four villages of the council and this is important". In September 2017, the regional council completed its road-paving project.

See also

References
  1. "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. Palmer, 1881, p. 163
  3. Dahei Archived 2009-10-21 at the Wayback Machine Bustan al-Marj Regional Council.
  4. Guérin, 1880, pp. 114-115
  5. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 85
  6. Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Nazareth, p. 38
  7. Mills, 1932, p. 73
  8. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 8
  9. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 62
  10. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 109
  11. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 159

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