Mashhad, Israel
Mashhad
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| Hebrew transcription(s) | |
| • ISO 259 | Mašhad |
| • Also spelled | Meshhed (official) Mashhed (unofficial) |
.jpg) Mashhad, 2014 |
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 Mashhad
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| Coordinates: 32°44′16.07″N 35°19′32.29″E / 32.7377972°N 35.3256361°ECoordinates: 32°44′16.07″N 35°19′32.29″E / 32.7377972°N 35.3256361°E | |
| Grid position | 180/238 PAL |
| District | Northern |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local council (from 1960) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7,286 dunams (7.286 km2 or 2.813 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 7,858 |
| Name meaning | "The shrine or place of martyrdom" |
Mashhad (Hebrew: מַשְׁהַד, Arabic: مشهد, Mash-hed transliteration, grave of a holy man) is an Arab town located 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) northeast of Nazareth in Israel's Northern District. In 2015 it had a population of 7,858, most of whom were Muslims.
Remains from the Early Bronze Age, Persian, Roman and Byzantine eras have been found.
Traces of ancient ruins have been found.
In 1517, the village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers under the name of Mashad Yunis, as being in the nahiya (subdistrict) of Tabariyya under the Liwa of Safad. It had a population of 31 households and 6 bachelors, all Muslim, who paid taxes on a number of crops, including wheat and barley, fruit trees, vegetable and fruit garden, orchard, as well as on goats and/or beehives.
A map from Napoleon's invasion of 1799 by Pierre Jacotin showed the place, named as El Mecheb.
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