Faradiyya
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| Arabic | الفرّاضية |
| Also spelled | Ferradheh, al-Faradhiyyah, Ferradieh |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Coordinates | 32°55′54″N 35°25′42″E / 32.93167°N 35.42833°ECoordinates: 32°55′54″N 35°25′42″E / 32.93167°N 35.42833°E |
| Palestine grid | 190/259 |
| Population | 670 (1945) |
| Area | 19,947 dunams 20.0 km² |
| Date of depopulation | February 1949 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Parod, Shefer |
Farradiyya (Arabic: الفرّاضية, al-Farâdhiyyah) was a Palestinian Arab village of 670 located 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) southwest of Safad.
Farradiyya was situated on the southern slopes of Mount Zabud with an average elevation of 375 meters (1,230 ft) above sea level. The Safad-Nazareth highway passed it to the north. Its total land area was 19,747 dunams, of which 25 dunams were built-up areas and 5,365 dunams cultivable.
The site has been identified as that of an ancient Jewish community Farod mentioned once in Talmud Bavli.
Under the Abbasid Caliphate, al-Farradiyya was a part of Jund al-Urdunn ("Province of Jordan"). In 985 CE, Arab geographer al-Muqaddasi describes it as a large village between Acre and Tiberias, with a mosque for Friday sermons. He added that water was plentiful, the surrounding country was pleasant, and there were abundant grapes and vineyards in the village.
Farradiyya was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, after being ruled by Crusaders, Ayyubids, and the Mamluks. By 1596, it was a part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Jira, part of the sanjak ("district") of Safad, paying taxes on wheat, barley, olives, fruits, beehives, goats, and pastures. The village consisted of 43 households, an estimated 237 persons.
A map from Napoleon's invasion of 1799 by Pierre Jacotin showed the place, named as "Farod". In 1875 Victor Guérin noted the spring, Aïn Ferradheh, which had formerly driven several mills, but were now destroyed. He found the village to have about 150 Muslim inhabitants. In 1881 the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described the village as being built of stone and with the inhabitants growing olives, figs, and tilling small gardens. The population was still estimated to be about 150. Springs from Mount al-Jarmaq to the north provided most of the village's water supply, and a boys' elementary school was established during this period.
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