Suba, Jerusalem

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Suba (Arabic: ¿¿¿¿¿) was a Palestinian Arab village west of Jerusalem that was depopulated and destroyed in 1948. The site of the village lies on the summit of a conical hill called Tel Tzova (Hebrew: ¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿), or Jabal Suba, rising 769 metres above sea level, and it was built on the ruins of a Crusader castle. Settlement at the site continued, and was mentioned as "Suba" about 1225 by Arab geographers. In 1596, there were 60 Muslim and 7 Christian families living there. The village economy relied on wheat, barley, olives and grapes. In the mid-nineteenth century, the village was controlled by the Abu Ghosh family. The Crusader walls and the fortifications they built in the village were destroyed by Ibrahim Pasha in 1832. In 1931, the population consisted of 434 Muslims, rising to 620 in 1945.

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