Nabi Musa (Arabic: ٱلنَّبِي مُوْسَى, romanized: An-Nabī Mūsā, lit. 'the Prophet Moses',[3] also transliterated as Nebi Musa) is primarily a Muslim holy site near Jericho in Palestine, where a local Muslim tradition places the tomb of Moses (called Musa in Islam). The compound is centered on a mosque which contains the alleged tomb. It used to be the site of an eponymous seven-day-long religious festival that was celebrated annually by Palestinian Muslims, beginning on the Friday before Good Friday in the Orthodox calendar used by the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem.[4] Considered in the political context of 1920 as "the most important Muslim pilgrimage in Palestine",[5] the festival was built around a collective pilgrimage from Jerusalem to what was understood to be the Tomb of Moses. A great building with multiple domes marks the mausoleum of Moses.[6]
Nabi Musa is also a Palestinian administrative territorial unit in the Jericho Governorate on the West Bank, with an area of c. 113 km2 and situated south of Jericho, in which 66 Palestinian households were counted in 2007, a population defined in 2012 as "nomads"[7][8][9] (see West Bank Bedouin). By 2017, Nabi Musa district had a population of 343 residents.[2]
^Nabi Musa Profile. Jerusalem Media and Communications Center. 2007-02-09. Retrieved on 2012-07-04.
^ abPreliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^For Moses as nabi in Islamic holy scripture see Quran 19:51 (glossed by rasul "messenger"). For "nabi" in the Hebrew Scriptures see, for example, Numbers 12:6–8. The word comes from a Semitic root meaning "to gush forth". For a survey of the philological evidence see G. Johannes Botterweck, Helmer Ringgren, Heinz-Josef Fabry, Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing 1998 pp.135ff.140f.
^Curtiss (2004), pp. 163–164
^Gonen (2003), p. 138
^Cite error: The named reference OConnor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ARIJ (2012), pp. 4, 6
^Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2007 Census Archived 2010-12-10 at the Wayback Machine, p. 115. Retrieved on 2012-07-04
NabiMusa (Arabic: ٱلنَّبِي مُوْسَى, romanized: An-NabīMūsā, lit. 'the Prophet Moses', also transliterated as Nebi Musa) is primarily a Muslim holy site...
The 1920 Nebi Musa riots or 1920 Jerusalem riots took place in British-controlled part of Occupied Enemy Territory Administration between Sunday, 4 April...
“disappearance”. According to Islamic tradition, Musa is buried at Maqam El-NabiMusa, Jericho. Although the death of Musa seems to be a topic of mysterious questioning...
the Jordan valley. A purported grave of Moses is located at Maqam El-NabiMusa, in the West Bank, 11 km (6.8 mi) south of Jericho and 20 km (12 mi) east...
and many Muslim shrines were built such as Maqam al-Nabi Yamin, Maqam al-NabiMusa, Maqam al-Nabi Rubin and many more shrines that Muslims described as...
life". According to some Islamic tradition, Moses is buried at Maqam El-NabiMusa, near Jericho. Moses is one of the most important of God's messengers...
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es-Sukkar (lit. "sugar mills"); NabiMusa, the Mamluk and Ottoman shrine claimed to be the resting place of Moses ("Prophet Musa" to the Muslims) In 1925, Christian...
1980 Israel expropriated 506 dunams of land from the Palestinian site of NabiMusa in order to expand construction at Beit HaArava. In 1980, Beit HaArava...
1978 Israel confiscated 968 dunams of land from the Palestinian site of NabiMusa in order to construct Mitzpe Yeriho. The same year, the settlement was...
century. The Nabi Rubin mawsim was one of two prominent mawsims for Old Testament prophets in Palestine—the other being dedicated to NabiMusa ("the prophet...
appointed mayor of Jerusalem in 1920, replacing Musa Kazim whom the British removed after the NabiMusa riots of 1920, during which he exhorted the crowd...
tools, skulls and reed basketry, were found in a cave at Nahal Heimar. NabiMusa - Sunset in June 2022 The Monastery of Mar Saba, near Bethlehem The Monastery...
festivals are mainly religious but also secular. The Palestinian mawsim at NabiMusa took place in spring, a season used for popular holidays since pagan antiquity...
Serah Pir-i Bakran, near Esfahan, Iran Moses Mount Nebo (Jordan) Islam: NabiMusa, West Bank, According to the Bible, the exact place of Moses' grave remains...
taking a Sabbath on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday depending on religion. The NabiMusa festival, Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha, and Mawlid were observed by Muslims...
independent state of Israel and the British withdrew from Palestine. The 1920 NabiMusa riots left four Arabs and five Jews killed, with 216 Jews and 23 Arabs...
1977 Israel confiscated 524 dunams of land from the Palestinian site of NabiMusa in order to construct Almog. Initially established as a Nahal settlement...
Turkish Palestine (1069-1917): Inscriptions from al-Khalil (Hebron), NabiMusa and Other Palestinian Cities Under Turkish Rule, SOTA, ISBN 9789069210049...
Thursday of the Dead Palestine Festival of Literature NabiMusa (pre-1948) Nabi Rubin (pre-1948) Al-Nabi Yusha' (pre-1948) Languages of Palestine Palestinian...
1978 Israel confiscated 618 dunams of land from the Palestinian site of NabiMusa in order to construct Vered Yeriho. The community was founded in 1979...
Israel Defense Forces limits visits by Jews to rare occasions. In Area C, NabiMusa was to be under the auspices of the Palestinian side and access to al-Maghtas...
appointed Mayor of Jerusalem in 1920, replacing Musa Kazim, whom the British removed after the NabiMusa riots of 1920, during which he exhorted the crowd...
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