Shabtin

The name Šabtīn /Šibtīn/ is Aramaic, and means ““sticks, canes”.{{Cite journal |last=Marom |first=Roy |last2=Zadok |first2=Ran |date=2023 |title=Early-Ottoman Palestinian Toponymy: A Linguistic Analysis of the (Micro-)Toponyms in Haseki Sultan’s Endowment Deed (1552) |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0cs6f5k5 |journal=Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins |language=en |volume=139 |issue=2}}

Just southeast of the village (at grid no. 1544/1528) is Kh. Shabtin, where pottery sherds from the Persian,Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 194 Persian/Hellenistic, late Roman,Dauphin, 1998, p. 830 Byzantine Umayyad/Abbasid eras have been found. The SWP noted "Traces of ruins" here.Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/355/mode/1up 355]

Pottery sherds from the Roman/Byzantine eras have been found at Shabtin.Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 195

During the Crusader era, the area was a Crusader stronghold, centred around Aboud. Remains of a house from Crusader era have been identified in the centre of Shabtin.Ellenblum, 2003, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=riHMZiH_Te4C&pg=PA134 134], [https://books.google.com/books?id=riHMZiH_Te4C&pg=PA180 180]

Sherds from the Mamluk era have been found in Shabtin, together with a hoard of 45 Mamluk gold coins.

The current village was founded in the 18th century or in the early 19th century.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. 347

Sherds from the early Ottoman era has also been found here.

In the 1840s, the village got caught up in the Qays–Yaman rivalry and was at one time plundered.Macalister and Masterman, 1906, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/quarterlystateme38pale#page/43/mode/1up 43]-44

In 1870, Victor Guérin noted the village, Cheptin, on the slopes of a hill in the distance.Guérin, 1875, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr04gugoog#page/n108/mode/1up 81] An Ottoman village list of the same year, 1870, showed that Schetin had 16 houses and a population of 42, though the population count only included men.Socin, 1879, p.[https://archive.org/stream/zeitschriftdesde01deut#page/161/mode/1up 161] It was also noted to be in the Ramla district, and noted after Der KaddisHartmann, 1883, p. [https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_BZobAQAAIAAJ#page/n948/mode/1up 140], also noted 16 houses

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described ‘’Shebtin’’ as: "a small village in a valley, with a well to the east. It appears to be an ancient site, and has rock cut tombs south of it."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/298/mode/1up 298]

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Shebtin had a population of 63 inhabitants, all Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table VII, Division Jaffa, Sub-district of Ramleh, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n24/mode/1up 22] increasing in the 1931 census to a population of 110, still all Muslim, in 20 houses.Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 23]

In 1945 statistics the population of Shabtin was 150 Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p30.jpg 30] with 4,423 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/al-Ramla/Page-068.jpg 68] Of this, 27 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 1,158 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/al-Ramla/Page-117.jpg 117] while 7 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/al-Ramla/Page-167.jpg 167]

File:Qibya 1944.jpg|Shabtin 1944 1:20,000

File:Deir Abu Mash'al 1945.jpg|Shabtin 1945 1:250,000

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Shabtin came under Jordanian rule.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 232 inhabitants.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p24.pdf 24]

During the Six-Day War in 1967, Shabtin came under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 7.2% of Shabtin land was classified as Area B, the remaining 92.8% as Area C.[http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Shabtin.pdf Shabtin Village Profile], ARIJ, p. 15

Israel has confiscated 1,781 dunams of land from Shabtin in order to construct two settlements, Nili and Na'aleh.[http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Shabtin.pdf Shabtin Village Profile], ARIJ, p. 16

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• [http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Shabtin_1572/index.html Welcome To Shabtin]
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8376 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.14.jpg Wikimedia commons]
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/factsheet/Shabtin_vp_en.pdf Shabtin Village (Fact Sheet)], Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/pdfs/vprofile/Shabtin.pdf Shabtin Village Profile], ARIJ
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/ramallah/images/english/Shabtin_ap_en.jpg Shabtin photo], ARIJ

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