Al-Malkiyya

According to the Arab geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi (died 1228), the people of al-Malikiyya had a wooden platter that they believed was originally owned by the prophet Mohammed.Mu'jam Al-Buldan, cited in le Strange, 1890, [https://archive.org/stream/palestineundermo00lestuoft#page/77/mode/1up p.77]

In 1596, al-Malikiyya was a village in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 369. It paid taxes on a number of crops, such as wheat, barley, as well as goats and beehives.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 179. Quoted in Khalidi, 1992, p. 471Note that Rhode, 1979, p. [https://www.academia.edu/2026845/The_Administration_and_Population_of_the_Sancak_of_Safed_in_the_Sixteenth_Century 6] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420031504/https://www.academia.edu/2026845/The_Administration_and_Population_of_the_Sancak_of_Safed_in_the_Sixteenth_Century |date=2019-04-20 }} writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9

Victor Guérin visited in 1875, and noted that Al-Malkiyya had 300 Metawali inhabitants.Guérin, 1880, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr00gugoog#page/n413/mode/1up 373] He further noted that the village, which stood upon a lofty summit, was remarkable for possessing neither well nor cistern; the women fetched their water from the spring at Kades. But a birkeh was placed on the map close to the village.Guérin, 1880, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr00gugoog#page/n413/mode/1up 373], as given in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/251/mode/1up 251]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Al-Malkiyya as being built of stone and adobe, lying on a plain to the east of a valley. Well supplied with water from a nearby wadi, the village's 200-300 inhabitants cultivated olives.Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/202/mode/1up 202]; Quoted in Khalidi, 1992, p. 471

In the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, El Malikiya had a population of 254, all Muslims, in 48 houses.Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 108]

The population was 360 Muslims in the 1945 statistics, with a total of 7,328 dunams of land. A total of 4,225 dunums were allocated to cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Safad/Page-119.jpg 119] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924152125/http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Safad/Page-119.jpg |date=2015-09-24 }} while 55 dunams were classifies as built-up land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Safad/Page-170.jpg 170]

Al-Malikiyya changed hands no fewer than five times between May and October 1948.

A battle was fought in the village on 5–6 June 1948. Combatants were Israelis and the Lebanese army commanded by Said Nasrallah, who would go on to become chief of staff of the Lebanese Armed Forces, along with Colonel El Sheikh Fawaz Kais. The Lebanese army would occupy the village for a month until clashes erupted again with the Israeli army attacking. However, the Lebanese Army were able to hold their positions, until the Lebanese Army was ordered to retreat due to threats from foreign countries. However, Colonel Kais did not adhere to orders and ordered his platoon to hold the position as he believed the situation was under control and his troops were able to defend the town. Other platoons stationed in the town retreated after receiving the order, leaving solely Colonel Kais' platoon to fight against the Israeli Army. After heavy clashes, and the Lebanese Army losing positions quickly due to the retreat of the rest of the platoons, Colonel Kais' ordered the retreat of his platoon to avoid casualties. This was the only time Lebanon directly participated in the war.Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA276 276]

As a result of the war, the village was depopulated.

In 1949, a kibbutz, Malkiya, was set up on village lands.

File:Al_Malikiyya_ii.jpg|Members of the Yiftach Brigade entering al-Malikiyya, May 1948

File:Al_maikiyya.jpg|Al Malikiyya, 1948. Medic from Yiftach Brigade in foreground.

• Depopulated Palestinian locations in Israel
• Metawali
• Operation Hiram
• Shia villages in Palestine

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|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ |year=1977 |publisher=Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100219134106/http://www.palestineremembered.com/Safad/al-Malikiyya/index.html Welcome to al-Malikiyya]
• [https://www.zochrot.org/en/village/49252 al-Malikiyya], Zochrot
• [http://www.villagesofpalestine.com/AlMalikiyya.htm al-Malikiyya], Dr. Khalil Rizk.
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8367 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.04.jpg Wikimedia commons]
• [http://www.alnakba.org/villages/safad/malikiyya.htm al-Malikiyya], from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center

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