Jaba', Haifa Subdistrict
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Tomb of Shaykh Amir, Jaba, in 2011
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| Name meaning | Hill |
| Also spelled | Dscheba, Jeba |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Coordinates | 32°39′04.75″N 34°57′43.35″E / 32.6513194°N 34.9620417°ECoordinates: 32°39′04.75″N 34°57′43.35″E / 32.6513194°N 34.9620417°E |
| Palestine grid | 146/228 |
| Population | 1140 (1945) |
| Date of depopulation | 24–26 July 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Geva Karmel |
Jaba' (Arabic: جبع), also known as Gaba, or Geba, in historical writings, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 24, 1948 as part of Operation Shoter. It was located 18.5 km south of Haifa, near Carmel, and ca. 3.25 kilometers (2.02 mi) east of the Mediterranean Sea.
The village features prominently in the writings of the Jewish historian, Josephus. In the late 1st century BCE, Herod the Great had built the village for his veteran cavalry, and called it the city of horsemen.
Incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, like all of Palestine, in the 1596 tax registers, it was part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Jabal Atlit, part of the larger Sanjak of Lajjun. It had a population of 18 households, all Muslims. The inhabitants paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 7,800 akçe.
In 1859, the English Consul Rogers found the population to be 150 souls, with 18 feddans of cultivation.
In 1873, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) visited and found: “There are two closed rock tombs in the ledge south of the village, and a third with a courtyard 14 feet square, sunk 2 feet ; two doors lead into chambers. One has three loculi, one on each wall ; the other has two loculi and a recess 5 feet 6 inches, with two parallel graves under one arcosolium placed like kokim with the feet to the chamber. This is therefore a transitional example. (Compare Sheikh Ibreik.)
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