'Akbara
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 'Akbara
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| Arabic | عكبرة |
| Name meaning | possibly from male jerboa |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Coordinates | 32°56′22.07″N 35°29′57.62″E / 32.9394639°N 35.4993389°ECoordinates: 32°56′22.07″N 35°29′57.62″E / 32.9394639°N 35.4993389°E |
| Palestine grid | 197/260 |
| Population | 390 (1945) |
| Area | 3,224 dunams |
| Date of depopulation | 10 May 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Akbara (Arabic: عكبرة) was an Arab Palestinian village. An Arab-majority village existed during Ottoman and British eras. Prior to summer 1948, there was a Palestinian Arab Muslim village, located 2.5 kilometres south of Safed, which was depopulated of original residents.
The village of 'Akbara was situated 2.5 km south of Safad, along the two sides of a deep wadi that ran north-south. Southeast of the village lay Khirbat al-Uqayba, identified as the Roman village Achabare, or Acchabaron. This khirba was a populated village as late as 1904.
The nearby khirba was excavated during the Mandate period, and was shown to contain remains such as building foundations, hewn stones, and wine presses.Cisterns have also been found. According to Josephus, the village was fortified by him during the First Jewish-Roman War. It is later mentioned in the Talmudic era under late Roman rule.
Akhbara remained a Jewish village following Arab occupation of the region. The Cairo Geniza mentions a Jew from the village of Akhbara, thus supporting village's existence during Fatimid rule of 969 to 1099. By the 11th century however it appears to have been abandoned.
'Akbara, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1596 the village was part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Jira under the liwa' ("district") of Safad, with a population of 34 households and 1 bachelor, all Muslims. It paid taxes on a number of crops and produce, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olives, occasional revenues, goats, beehives, and a press which was either used for processing grapes or olives.
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