Hbaline
human settlement in Lebanon
Hbaline (Arabic: حبالين, romanized: Ḥbālīn) is a small village in Byblos-Lebanon located 44 km north of Beirut and at an altitude of 540 meters, just above Amsheet and Gherfine and before BeitHabbak. Hbaline is located on a small hill. Its eastern side overlooks the Mediterranean Sea.
History
Other names include Habbalin, Habbālīn, Hbālīn, Hbêlîne, Hebline, Hbaline, Habalin, Hbaleen, Habālīn, Hbeline, Hbalîne, Hbaïline.
The Nader family's presence in Habline dates from 1516 when their ancestor Hajj Khalil established himself.
In 1516, following the Marj Dabek battle when the Ottomans defeated the Mamluks and invaded Lebanon and Syria, Hajj Khalil with his two brothers Hajj Younane and Hbeich fled from Deir el Ahmar to seek refuge in Yanouh (The Hajj title was given to Christians who had completed a pilgrimage to Jerusalem).
From Yanouh, Hbeich went to Ghazir in the Keserwan District where he served the emirs and got rewarded with the Sheikh title, while Younane went to a village called Edde near Byblos and named himself after the village in order to hide his original identity fearing conflict with the Shia tribes present in the Byblos area. Hajj Khalil moved to the outskirts of Hbaline where he established a farm, his descendants then moved to Hbaline.
Two families in the village of Arbaniyeh (Baabda District) trace their Ancestry to Hbaline. The Aoun and Asmar families left Hbalin sometimes in the early 17th century.
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