Ta'amreh (in Arabic: التعامرة) is a large Bedouin tribe in Palestine. Today, most of the tribe's members live in the Palestinian Authority territories south and east of Bethlehem, and in the Kingdom of Jordan. Members of the tribe have established several permanent settlements in the Bethlehem area, known as the 'Arab et-Ta'amreh village cluster (Za'atara, Beit Ta'mir, Hindaza, Tuqu' with Khirbet al-Deir, Nuaman, Ubeidiya, Al-Masara and al-Asakra).
History
editBattles
editThe tribe participated in the 1834 Peasants' Revolt. The Ta'amrah Bedouins and the peasants of Sa'ir engaged in a fierce battle against an Ottoman Egyptian force that had been sent to pacify the Sa'ir peasants in Hebron. The battle resulted in the death of 25 Egyptian soldiers and the retreat of the remaining forces from Hebron.[1]
Nomadic Arab origins
editThe Ta'amreh, also known as the Ta'amirah, is an Arab Tribe originating from the wilderness stretching from west of the Dead Sea to Bethlehem and Tekoah.[2][3] They were considered to be Bedouins (i.e. nomadic Arabs), and the tribe underwent through sedentarization alike several nomadic tribes. They were involved in the Qays–Yaman rivalry, and belonged to the Yemenite party.[4]
19th century
editIn 1878, C. R. Conder described the Ta'amreh as being of fellah origin, wearing turbans, and cultivating corn.[5]
Ben-Zvi study (1930s); Dead Sea Scrolls (1940s)
editIn the 1930s, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi wrote that the tribe consisted of about 4,000 people.[6]
Members of the Ta'amra tribe were involved in the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Qumran caves and the Murabba'at caves in the Judaean Desert.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Dixon, Jeffrey; Sarkees, Meredith (2016). A guide to intra-state wars : an examination of civil, regional, and intercommunal wars, 1816-2014. USA: Thousand Oaks, California : CQ Press/SAGE Reference.
- ^ Palestine Exploration Fund (1858). Les Saints Lieux (in French). Paris: Paris, J. Lecoffre et cie.
- ^ McCabe, James (1875). Pathways Of The Holy Land Or Palestine And Syria. Philadelphia: Philadelphia: National Pub. Co.
- ^ Mislin, Jacques (1869). Quarterly statement - Palestine Exploration Fund. London: London.
- ^ C. R. Conder: Tent Work in Palestine, II. London, 1878, p. 273.
- ^ Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, The Writings of Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, The Population of Eretz Yisrael, Tel Aviv: Mitzpe Publishing House, 1937, p. 174.
- ^ حاج طاهر, زكية (2018). "مخطوطات البحر الميت:, مقاربة جديدة للنقد التوراتي" [The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Approach to Biblical Criticism]. مجلة دفاتر البحوث العلمية [(Journal of) Scientific Research Notebooks]. Tipaza, Algeria: Abdellah Morsli University Center: 151. doi:10.37218/1426-000-012-009.
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