My 10 years old daughter- Falastine (Palestine)- this her real name-once
asked what province are we from ,and why aren't we visit some time,the
small question confused me and I hardly could answer her -small question
and a very big answer -.From their I got this idea of writing all the
information I can get about Thekrin in some place for people like my
doughtier and me how never saw Thekrin and dreaming to do it.
The purpose of this web page is only to lay shadow a forgotten village ,
and may be a forgotten people , the intention is only to introduce
the village of (THEKRIN OR ZEKRIN),I tried hard to collect information
about Thekrin and still looking for more,any one has any data , maps,
pictures i will be glad to add it to this page.
I also added some information about Hebron and the history of Palestine.
Any one is welcomed to suggest to add or modify to the contents of this
page.
THEKRIN (ZEKRIN).
The village of- Thekrin-is part of the municipality of Hebron or (Alkhalil)
in Arabic which is part of PALESTINE .In the ancient days it was called
Zaher Al-Roman.
THEKRIN was occupied by Israel in OCT. 1948. After a brave unequal fight
between the will equipped Zionist army supported by the British army and
a few young untrained youth of the village ,and since then the village
has no inhabitants .all its people had been displaced to different
locations in Palestine and Jordan .until the 1967 war were most of its
people moved to live in Jordan.
THEKRIN is located in area estimated to be 18000000 square meters and its
land is agriculturer and here people used to grow grains specially Wheat
and corn , fruits like apples ,melon, fog, grapes and olives .
The people also had live stocks like horses , cheeps, goats, cows, and
camels, and it has a very famous waterwell called Brdan
Located in area of 50000 square meters and has 49 doors with unknown
history who made that waterwell.
Thekrin has a lot of unexplored Romanian ruins .
THEKRIN is located to the north west of Hebron. and surrounded by the
village of Tel-Asafi and Mghles from the North ,Bet-Jebren from the
South ,Ajor ,Rana ,Kudna, and Der-Theban from the East and Sumail ,Balin
and Parkosia from the West.
The population of Thekrin upon the 1948 Israeli occupation was estimated
to be 980 ,now the people of Thekrin is estimated to be 13000 people
Thkrin had a mosque, elementary school, and many shops.
The families of Thekrin
1-ABUSHAWAR, 2-AQEL , 3-THIBEH , 4-TAILEKH ,5-AL-GHRABAT , 6-HAIF ,
7-ZIGHAN , 8-ABUJEBBEH , 9-THAMER , 10-AL-MAHROUQ , 11-SAAD
12-AL-MENSHAWY , 13-AL-KHATIEB , 14-ABUSAIF , 15-ABUZAKIH
16-ALKHARAZ , 17-ABUHAMIDEH , 18-AL-FDOULY , 19-ABUMATER
20-MATER , 21-ABUHATEH , 22-ALSOUS , 23-ABUALTHENAIN
24-AL-NJAR , 25-ABUHAMERH , 26-ALNIS , 27-ATIOH , 28-MOUAMER
29-ABDULRAHIM , 30-HAMDIEH , 31-QADOUREH , 32-ESHTI .
HEBRON
City in the Plestine , lying in a mountainous region near Jerusalem.
Israel has occupied Hebron since 1967, when it captured the West Bank
and other Palestinean territories in the Six-Day War. Hebron is one of
the oldest communities in the world.
Among the interesting features of Hebron are the narrow, winding streets,
the flat-roofed stone houses, the bazaars, and the mosque of al-Haram.
The mosque is built on top of the cave that is believed to hold the tombs
of the Old Testament patriarch Prophet Abraham and his family.
Today this cave, called the Cave of the Patriarchs, contains both a mosque
and a synagogue. Most of Hebron's population is Arab Muslim.
Hebron has a number of small-scale industrial establishments that produce
cotton goods, leather, water containers, glass bracelets, rings, lamps,
and ceramics.
Frequently mentioned in the Holy books, Hebron was closely identified with
Prophet Abraham.
Hebron was destroyed by the Romans during the reign of the emperor
Vespasian , restored by early Muslims, and captured by the Christians
during the Crusades. In 1187 the town again became a Muslim possession
under Saladin. British troops occupied Hebron in December 1917 during
World War I. Hebron was part of the British mandate for Palestine from
1923 until 1948. In 1950 Jordan annexed Hebron and the rest of West Bank
In June 1967, following the Six-Day War between Israel and several Arab
countries, Israeli troops took control of the West Bank. In February
1994 an Israeli settler massacred at least 29 Palestinians in the Cave of
the Patriarchs. Population (estimated) 75,000.
For more information about and Palestine see below.
This page is constructed and maintained
by Engr Khaled Abushawar,first started
in Dec.18.97.
E-MAIL shawar@yahoo.com
I will be glad to hear your comments/
and if you have time visit my
personal home page.
