Muhajbib

Muhajbib, Mhaibib, (Arabic: محيبيب) is a small village in the Marjeyoun District in southern Lebanon.

Muhajbib
محيبيب
Village
Muhajbib
Location within Lebanon
Coordinates: 33°09′17″N 35°30′20″E
Grid position197/284 PAL
Country Lebanon
GovernorateNabatieh Governorate
DistrictMarjeyoun District
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Dialing code+961

Name

E. H. Palmer wrote that the name Neby Muheibîb meant "the prophet Muheibîb", "beloved".[1]

History

In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Neby Muheibib as: "a small village round the stone Neby, containing about seventy Moslems, situated on top of ridge, with olives and arable land; there are two cisterns in the village."[2]

References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 92
  2. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 202

Bibliography

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