Al-Yamun

The town is an ancient one, where two columns and two capitals have been reused at the door of the mosque.Dauphin, 1998, pp. 748-9

Potsherds from the early and late Roman, Byzantine, early Muslim and the Middle Ages have been found here.Zertal, 2016, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=XytzCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA188 188]-[https://books.google.com/books?id=XytzCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA190 190]

In 1517 al-Yamun was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine. During the 16th and 17th centuries, it belonged to the Turabay Emirate (1517-1683), which encompassed also the Jezreel Valley, Haifa, Jenin, Beit She'an Valley, northern Jabal Nablus, Bilad al-Ruha/Ramot Menashe, and the northern part of the Sharon plain.{{Cite web |last=al-Bakhīt |first=Muḥammad ʻAdnān |last2=al-Ḥamūd |first2=Nūfān Rajā |title=Daftar mufaṣṣal nāḥiyat Marj Banī ʻĀmir wa-tawābiʻihā wa-lawāḥiqihā allatī kānat fī taṣarruf al-Amīr Ṭarah Bāy sanat 945 ah |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/28579982 |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=www.worldcat.org |publisher=Jordanian University |pages=1–35 |language=en |publication-place=Amman |publication-date=1989}}{{Cite journal |last1=Marom |first1=R. |author-link1= Roy Marom|last2=Tepper |first2=Y.|author-link2= Yotam Tepper|last3=Adams |first3=M.|author-link3= Matthew J. Adams|title=Lajjun: Forgotten Provincial Capital in Ottoman Palestine |url=https://www.academia.edu/101515579/Lajjun_Forgotten_Provincial_Capital_in_Ottoman_Palestine |journal=Levant |doi=10.1080/00758914.2023.2202484}}

In the census of 1596, the village appeared as “Yamoun”, located in the nahiya of Sha'ara in the liwa of Lajjun. It had a population of 28 households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 15,000 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 160 Potsherds from the Ottoman era have also been found here.

According to local tradition, modern al-Yamun was established in the era of Zahir al-Omar, the 18th century Arab governor of Galilee, while the region was part of the Ottoman Empire.Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 349

In 1799, al-Yamun was named the village Ellamoun on the map Pierre Jacotin made during the French campaign in Egypt and Syria.Karmon, 1960, p. [http://www.jchp.ucla.edu/Bibliography/Karmon,_Y_1960_Jacotin_Map_(IEJ_10).pdf 169] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201182028/http://jchp.ucla.edu/Bibliography/Karmon,_Y_1960_Jacotin_Map_(IEJ_10).pdf |date=2017-12-01 }}

In 1838 Edward Robinson noted it on his travels,Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 2, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/n178/mode/1up 161], [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/n184/mode/1up 167] and in 1870 Victor Guérin found that Yamun had 500 inhabitants, and was divided into two quarters, each commanded by its own sheikh.Guérin, 1875, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr04gugoog#page/n250/mode/1up 225]

In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya of Shafa al-Gharby.{{Cite book |last=Grossman |first=David |title=Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine |publisher=Magnes Press |year=2004 |location=Jerusalem |pages=256}}

In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as “A large village, with olives round it, standing on high ground, with a well on the east. This appears to be the 'Janna of the Onomasticon,’ 3 miles south of Legio; does not exactly agree, being 7 English miles."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/46/mode/1up 46]

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Yamun had a population of 1,485; all Muslims except one ChristianBarron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n32/mode/1up 30] who was Orthodox.Barron, 1923, Table XV, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n49/mode/1up 47] The population increased in the 1931 census to 1,836; all Muslim, in a total of 371 houses.Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 71]

In the 1945 statistics the population was 2,520; all Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p17.jpg 17] with 20,361 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Jinin/Page-055.jpg 55] 6,036 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 11,121 dunams for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Jinin/Page-100.jpg 100] while a total of 58 dunams were built-up, urban land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Jinin/Page-150.jpg 150]

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, al-Yamun came under Jordanian rule. Some of al-Yamun inhabitants descended from Abu-Hija, a commander who came to Palestine with Saladin. After 1948, al-Yamun received fellow Abu-Hija descendants from the depopulated village of Ein Hod, presently in Israel.Ben Ze'ev, 2011, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=1qBjAW1rm4IC&pg=PA92 92]

In 1961, the population of al-Yamun was 4,173.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p13.pdf 13]

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, al-Yamun has been under Israeli occupation. According to the 1967 Census, the town had a population of 4,384, of whom 267 originally came from Israel territory.{{Cite web |title=HOUSEHOLDS AND PERSONS, BY RESIDENCE, SEX, AGE AND ORIGIN FROM ISRAEL TERRITORY AND BY LOCALITY |url=https://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/1967_census/vol_1_tab_2.pdf |access-date=29 November 2024 |website=Levy Institute}}

On October 29, 2008, Muhammad 'Abahra, a farmer in the town was killed by the IDF. 'Abahra had a shotgun in his possession leading the IDF to believe he would fire at them. 'Abahra's son, however, alleged, that his father was guarding his sheep from suspected thieves.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7697054.stm West Bank farmer killed by troops] BBC News. BBC MMVIII. 2008-10-29.

In the village's center, on a tell, there is a tomb-shrine named the "Maqam of Nabi Yamin" or "A-Nabi Binyamin." It is attributed to the biblical figure Benjamin, son of Jacob, and according to several traditions, he is buried there, with the village being named after him.{{Cite book |last=Tal |first=Uri |title=Muslim Shrines in Eretz Israel: History, Religion, Traditions, Folklore |publisher=Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi |year=2023 |isbn=978-965-217-452-9 |location=Jerusalem |pages=106–107 |language=he}} The tomb is housed within a cave, over which the building was constructed. No one dares to enter the cave, out of belief that anyone who does will suffer a disaster. Locals maintain the site and visit it on Fridays.

Another tomb-shrine in the village is the "Maqam of ash-Sheikh Mubaraq." One tradition identifies him as a Sufi sheikh from either the 9th or 12th century CE. Another tradition associates the shrine with a figure named Abdullah ibn Mubaraq, believed to be one of the Prophet's companions, though such a figure is undocumented in Islamic history. Locals light candles and offer incense here, believing that its smell expels Satan.

The village's southern cemetery contains a third tomb-shrine, ash-Sheikh Yusef Abu al-Hija. The Abu al-Hija family descends from the same lineage as that of Kaukab Abu al-Hija in Lower Galilee. This sheikh migrated early in his life to Arraba, later moved to Kafr Qud, and died in Al-Yamun. Locals believe he can cure joint pain and intestinal gas, as well as pain in various organs, through blows to the affected areas. His grave is honored and maintained by the village.

Yamun's population includes some who originated from the Hauran region (today in Syria and Jordan) and others from Egypt. What is more, near the highway, there are people from Tubas who engage in irrigation farming.

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• [http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/al_Yamun_1069/index.html Welcome to al Yamun]
• [https://www.welcometopalestine.com/destinations/jenin/yamun/ Yamun], Welcome to Palestine
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8389 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.08.jpg Wikimedia commons]
• [http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/workspace/handleMediaPlayer?qvq=q%3aAuthor%3dJacotin%3blc%3aRUMSEY~8~1&trs=50&mi=48&lunaMediaId=RUMSEY~8~1~25537~1020116 Jacotin map #46]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20160331214644/http://www.panoramio.com/group/60243/ many photos from al yamoun]

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