Hittin
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Hittin is a historic village site in northern Israel, best known as the location near the Horns of Hattin where Saladin decisively defeated the Crusaders in 1187.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hittin canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former Palestinian Arab village
ⓘ
historic village site ⓘ |
| archaeologicalRemains |
Ottoman-period structures
ⓘ
Roman and Byzantine remains ⓘ |
| associatedWithFigure |
Prophet Shu'ayb
ⓘ
surface form:
Nabi Shuʿayb (Prophet Jethro)
|
| battlefieldRole | staging area and vicinity of the 1187 Battle of Hattin ⓘ |
| category |
Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
ⓘ
Former populated places in the Tiberias Subdistrict ⓘ |
| conqueredBy | Israel during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War ⓘ |
| contains |
Nabi Shuayb shrine
ⓘ
surface form:
shrine of Nabi Shuʿayb
|
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| cropsGrown |
figs
ⓘ
grain ⓘ olives ⓘ vegetables ⓘ |
| crusaderHistory | near site of decisive defeat of the Kingdom of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| depopulatedIn | 1948 ⓘ |
| depopulationCause | military assault by Yishuv forces ⓘ |
| depopulationContext |
Arab–Israeli War of 1948
ⓘ
surface form:
1948 Arab–Israeli War
|
| elevation | approximately 325 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| hasReligiousSignificance |
Druze
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ |
| hasToponymVariant |
Horn of Hattin
ⓘ
surface form:
Hattin
Hittin self-link ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | site of historical and religious interest ⓘ |
| historicalEventNearby | Battle of Hattin ⓘ |
| holySiteFor | Druze community ⓘ |
| knownFor |
association with Saladin’s victory over the Crusaders in 1187
ⓘ
proximity to the battlefield of the 1187 Battle of Hattin ⓘ |
| languageOfInhabitantsPre1948 | Arabic ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Northern District, Israel ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion |
Galilee
ⓘ
surface form:
Lower Galilee
|
| locatedNear |
Horn of Hattin
ⓘ
surface form:
Horns of Hattin
|
| locatedWestOf | Tiberias ⓘ |
| mandateEraAdministrativeUnit | Tiberias Subdistrict ⓘ |
| mentionedIn | Ottoman tax registers ⓘ |
| nearbyGeographicalFeature |
Horn of Hattin
ⓘ
surface form:
Horns of Hattin volcanic hills
|
| nearbyModernLocality |
Mount Arbel
ⓘ
surface form:
Arbel
Kfar Hittim ⓘ |
| periodOfContinuousSettlement | at least from Roman and Byzantine periods ⓘ |
| post1948UseOfLand | Israeli localities and agricultural use ⓘ |
| pre1948PopulationType |
Palestinian
ⓘ
surface form:
Palestinian Arab
|
| primaryEconomicActivityPre1948 | agriculture ⓘ |
| religionOfMostInhabitantsPre1948 | Islam ⓘ |
| saladinCampaign | key location in Saladin’s reconquest of Crusader-held territories ⓘ |
| underRule |
Mandatory Palestine
ⓘ
surface form:
British Mandate of Palestine
Ottoman Empire ⓘ |
| waterSource | local springs and cisterns ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.