Jinin

The village of Zar'in was situated on a small hill extending from the mountains of Faqqu’a to the south. This hill was not significantly elevated above the surrounding Marj Ibn Amir (Jezreel Valley), which bordered it to the west and south. To the north and east, the terrain sloped down toward Wadi Jalud. Zar'in, one of the northernmost villages in the district, lay along a route connecting two main roads: one leading to Jenin, and the other to Baysan in the southeast. The v

The village was built atop a small, rounded hill that extended from the northern slope of Mount Faqqu’a. It overlooked the Jordan Valley from the north and northeast. A dirt road connected it to the village of Tall al-Shawk, one of the villages in the District of Baysan. Khirbat al-Jawfa was classified as a farm (mazra'a) in the Palestine Index Gazetteer , compiled during the British Mandate period. Occupation and Depopulation Although the village was administratively part o

The village of Nuris was built along both sides of a shallow valley at the base of the steep slopes of Mount al-Mazar. The railway line connecting Haifa to Samakh (and eventually the Hejaz Railway) ran to the northeast of the village. One dirt road connected Nuris to the village of al-Mazar via the mountain top, while another linked it to the village of Zir'in. Crusader sources referred to the village as Noret . The surrounding area, particularly near Nuris, was the site of

The village of Al-Mazar was built on the lower western slopes of Mount Carmel, overlooking the narrow coastal plain and the Mediterranean Sea. Approximately one-third of the village's land was located on Mount Carmel, with the remainder extending into the coastal plain. The main coastal highway passed along the western edge of the village, while the Crusader fortress of Atlit lay only about 2.5 kilometers to the north. The name Al-Mazar is most likely derived from the large

The village of Al-Lajjun was situated atop a low hill at the southwestern edge of the Marj Ibn Amer (Jezreel Valley), straddling both sides of the Al-Lajjun Valley. From Al-Lajjun, one could see both the town of Jenin and the valley itself. The village was bounded by Mount Carmel to the west and south, by Tall al-Mutassalim (ancient Megiddo) to the northeast, and by Tall al-Asmar to the northwest. Al-Lajjun was connected by secondary roads to the Jenin–Haifa main road and ano

The village, classified as a farm in the Indexed Geographical Gazetteer of Palestine, was located in the southwestern section of the flat expanse of Marj Ibn Amer (Jezreel Valley). A short secondary road connected it to the main road linking Jenin and Haifa, which passed to its northeast. The village may have been affiliated with the larger nearby village of al-Mansi (grid reference 166222), located approximately half a kilometer to its northwest (see: al-Mansi, District of H