Ta'amreh
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
[edit]Nomadic Arab Origins, Lineage and Subtribes
[edit]The 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.[1][2] 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.[3]
The Ta'amreh tribe descend from the Bani Harith tribe of Wadi Musa. Moreover, The Ta'amreh consists of 3 subtribes: Bani Sa'ad, Bani Hajjaj, and Obayat-Kasaba.[4]
Battles
[edit]1834 Revolt in Palestine
[edit]The 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.[5]
1852 Druze Expedition
[edit]In 1852, the Ta'amreh participated in a conquest against the Druze. They had been part of the troops of Nablus (4,000 Arab men) under the Ottoman Sultan's leadership.[6]
Population and Numbers
[edit]In 1922
[edit]The tribe numbered a total of 6000 people, of whom were 2800 men and 3200 women.[7]
In 1875
[edit]The Ta'amreh tribe numbered a total of 5,000 people, of whom 1,000 were men. They had around 400 tents at that time.[8]
In 1864
[edit]The Ta'amreh were numbered 1700 gunmen and 10 horsemen.[4]
Dead Sea Scrolls (1940s)
[edit]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.[9]
See also
[edit]- Other Arab and Bedouin tribes
- Tiyaha, Negev Bedouin tribe
- Bani Sakher, Jordanian Bedouin tribe
- Hanajira, Negev Bedouin tribe
- Palestinian Bedouin
References
[edit]- ^ Palestine Exploration Fund (1858). Les Saints Lieux (in French). Paris: Paris, J. Lecoffre et cie. p. 216.
- ^ McCabe, James (1875). Pathways Of The Holy Land Or Palestine And Syria. Philadelphia: Philadelphia: National Pub. Co. p. 631.
- ^ Mislin, Jacques (1869). "XIII". Quarterly statement - Palestine Exploration Fund. London: London. p. 28.
- ^ a b Koner, W. (1865). Zeitschrift für allgemeine Erdkunde: NF 18 (in German). Berlin: Reimer. p. 203.
- ^ 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. p. 326.
- ^ Finn, James (1856). Stirring Times Or Records from Jerusalem Consular Chronicles of 1855 to 1856. London: National Library of Scotland. p. 261.
- ^ Barron, J. B. (1922). Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922: Taken on the 23rd of October, 1922 (PDF). Palestine: Government of Palestine. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- ^ Gottheil, F. M. (1979). "The population of Palestine, Circa 1875". Middle Eastern Studies. 15 (3): 310–321. doi:10.1080/00263207908700414.
- ^ 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.