As-Sultaniyah

Village in Nabatieh Governorate

As-Sultaniyah السلطانية
Village
As-Sultaniyah
33°12′18″N 35°24′19″E / 33.20500°N 35.40528°E / 33.20500; 35.40528
Grid position	188/290 PAL
Country	Lebanon
Governorate	Nabatieh Governorate
District	Bint Jbeil District
Elevation	600 m (2,000 ft)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

As-Sultaniyah (Arabic: السلطانية) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District, in southern Lebanon, located just north of Tebnine. It was earlier called el Yehudiyeh.

Name

According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, El Yehûdîyeh meant "the Jews" or "Jewish woman."^[1]

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A small village, containing about 100 Metawileh, situated in a valley, with olives, figs, and arable land. There is a spring and cisterns at the village."^[2] They further noted that south of the village was a perennial spring, built up with masonry.^[3]

In April 2024, Ali Ahmed Hassin, a senior commander of Hezbollah's elite Redwan Force, was assassinated in Israeli air strike in the village.^[4]

References

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 38
^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 95
^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 105
^ Confino, Jotam (2024-04-08). "Hezbollah commando leader assassinated in Israeli air strike". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-06-24.

Bibliography

Conder, C.R; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
Palmer, E.H. (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.