Al-Malkiyya
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al-Malikiyya May 1948
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 Al-Malikiyya
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| Arabic | المالكية |
| Name meaning | from "Malek": to possess, or reign |
| Also spelled | Malikiya, al |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Coordinates | 33°06′19.81″N 35°30′22.67″E / 33.1055028°N 35.5062972°ECoordinates: 33°06′19.81″N 35°30′22.67″E / 33.1055028°N 35.5062972°E |
| Palestine grid | 197/278 |
| Population | 360 (1945) |
| Area | 7,328 dunams |
| Date of depopulation | 28 May 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Malkiya |
Al-Malikiyya (Arabic: المالكية) was a Palestinian village located in the Jabal Amil region. In a 1920s census, the village was registered as part of Greater Lebanon. It was later placed under the British Mandate of Palestine. Its population was mostly Metawali Shiite.
In a 1930s census, the village was registered as Palestinian and part of the Safed District. The village was depopulated as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
According to the Arab geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi (d. 1228), the people of al-Malikiyya had a wooden platter that they believed was originally owned by the prophet Mohammed.
In 1596, al-Malikiyya was a village in the Ottoman nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the liwa' (district) of Safad, with a population of 369. It paid taxes on a number of crops, such as wheat, barley, as well as goats and beehives.
Victor Guérin visited in 1875, and noted that Al-Malkiyya had 300 Metawali inhabitants. He further noted that the village, which stood upon a lofty summit, was remarkable for possessing neither well nor cistern; the women fetched their water from the spring at Kades. But a birkeh was placed on the map close to the village.
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