At-Tiri الطيري | |
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Municipality | |
  At-Tiri Location within Lebanon | |
| Coordinates:33°08′N35°24′E / 33.133°N 35.400°E /33.133; 35.400 | |
| Grid position | 187/282PAL |
| Country |  Lebanon |
| Governorate | Nabatieh Governorate |
| District | Bint Jbeil District |
| Elevation | 750 m (2,460 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Dialing code | +961 |
| Alternative name | Et Taire, Et Taireh, At Tireh |
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| Location | north ofAin Ebel,Lebanon |
| History | |
| Periods | Heavy Neolithic |
| Cultures | Qaraoun culture |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1908 |
| Archaeologists | Paul Bovier-Lapierre,Henri Fleisch, Karge |
| Public access | Unknown |
At-Tiri (Arabic:الطيري)[1] is a municipality located in theCaza ofBint Jbeil in theNabatieh Governorate inLebanon. It is also the location of twopre-historicarchaeological sites.[2]
Taire I (referred to asEt Taireh I) is located 3.5 km north ofAin Ebel to the west of the village. The exact location of the site is unknown and the assemblage found was small and of indeterminable date. It was only mentioned in passing byPaul Bovier-Lapierre in 1908 and Karge in 1918.[3][4]
Taire II (referred to asEt Taireh II andBassatine el Khawabi) is aHeavy Neolithic archaeological site of theQaraoun culture. It is located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) northeast of the village on a small track leading toKounine that crosses the road betweenBent Jbeil andTibnine. A collection was made south of the track at 690 m above sea level byJesuit archaeologistHenri Fleisch, who did not publish it but confirmed that the Qaraoun culture was present this far south via personal communication toLorraine Copeland. The collection is held by theMuseum of Lebanese Prehistory at theSaint Joseph University.[2][5]
It is possible that At-Tiri isYatir (Hebrew:יתיר), a place referenced in theBaraita on the "Boundaries of theLand of Israel" as part of the delineation of the northwestern border ofJewish resettlement following the return fromBabylonian exile. However,Finkelstein and Frankel argue thatYater is the more likely candidate.[6][7]
In 1596, it was named as a village,Taira in theOttomannahiya (subdistrict) ofTibnin under theliwa' (district) ofSafad, with a population of 29 households and 7 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on agricultural products, such aswheat,barley, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a fixed sum; a total of 1,656akçe.[8][9]
In 1838,Edward Robinson noted the village on his travels in the region.[10]
In 1875,Victor Guérin visited, and found it to be a village with 150 "Metualis".[11] He further noted: "Here is a littlemosque, some of the cut stones in which have probably been taken from some ancient building now destroyed. Other cut stones of similar appearance, and trunks ofcolumns scattered about the village, belong apparently to the same monument. A greatbirkeh, partly cut in the rock and partly built of medium-sized regular stones, adjoins the houses. Brokensarcophagi are lying about: their lids haveacroteria."[12]
In 1881, thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it: "A small stone village, containing about eightyMetawileh, in narrow valley, with grapes, a few olives, and figs; many cisterns in and round village; on hill-side old masonry birket.”[13]
"Many old and well-cut stones and broken fragments of a pillar were observed at this village, showing probably early Christian occupation. An old masonrybirkeh and a large sarcophagus, for three bodies under one lid, was observed. Three-quarters of a mile to the south-east there is a dolmen on the side of the road of small dimensions."[14]
The village is noted for theAt Tiri Incident: an April 1980 confrontation between theUnited Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and theSouth Lebanon Army in which threeIrish Army soldiers were killed.[15]
On July 23, during the2006 Lebanon War, 3 civilians from At Tiri were killed while 13 others were wounded byIsrael, as they were trying to flee the village.[16] The LebaneseRed Cross in Tyre said ten vehicles carrying civilians and three or four motorcycles had been attacked by theIDF the same day making a total of forty-one injured (two critically), and three dead in attacks on convoys.[17][18]
In 2014Muslims made up 99.72% of registered voters in At-Tiri. 97.99% of the voters wereShiite Muslims.[19]
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