Serbine

Srobbine

Srobbine

Village in Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon

Srobbine, Surubbin, (Arabic: صربين) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon.

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Name

According to E. H. Palmer, Surubbin comes from a personal name.[1]

History

In 1852, Edward Robinson noted the village (Seribbin) on his travels in the region.[2]

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "a small stone village, containing about eighty Metawileh, situated on hill-top, with olives and arable cultivation ; springs near, and cisterns and birket."[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Palmer, 1881, p. 95
  2. [2]
    Robinson and Smith, 1856, p. 61
  3. [3]
    Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 203

Bibliography

  • Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1856). Later Biblical Researches in Palestine and adjacent regions: A Journal of Travels in the year 1852. London: John Murray.
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