Beit 'Anan
municipality in Jerusalem Governorate
Beit 'Anan (Arabic: بيت عنان) is a Palestinian village in the Quds Governorate, located northwest of Jerusalem. In 2017, it had a population of 4,210. Some residents of Beit 'Anan hold Israeli identity cards, while others hold Palestinian identity cards.
History
In 1159, Bethanam is mentioned in Crusader sources in connection with defining the borders between it and Parva Mahomeria.
In 1883 the Survey of Western Palestine suggested that Beit 'Anan was identical with the Crusader village of Beithumen, a fief of the Holy Sepulchre in the twelfth century. In 1887 Röhricht thought it was a more likely that Beitunia was Beithumen, and in 1890 Conder agreed fully with Röhricht.
Ottoman era
Beit 'Anan was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Quds of the Liwa of Quds. It had a population of 28 households, all Muslim, who paid a fixed tax sum of 3,400 akçe.
Around 1740 Richard Pococke saw Beit 'Anan after travelling from Nabi Samwil.
In 1838 it was noted as a Muslim village, located in the Beni Malik area, west of Jerusalem.
“Beit 'Anan” enters the record as municipality in Jerusalem Governorate. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Beit, 'Anan and municipality can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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