Grid position 181/282 PAL Governorate Nabatieh Governorate Elevation 530 m (1,740 ft) | Country Lebanon District Bint Jbeil District Time zone EET (UTC+2) | |
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Bayt Lif (Arabic: بيت ليف) is a village in the Bint Jbeil District in southern Lebanon.
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Map of Beit Lif, Lebanon
Name
According to E. H. Palmer, the name means "the house of lif" (palm-fibre).
History
In 1852, Edward Robinson noted that the year before, a quantity of gold coin were found at Beit Lif, which was taken to Beirut and given to the Pasha. He further noted that the people were planting millet and tobacco.
In 1875, Victor Guérin found here a village with 80 Metuali inhabitants.
In 1881, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as: "A village, built of stone, containing about 150 Moslems [..] situated on a hill-top, with a few olives and arable land. Two cisterns and a birket near supply the water."
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