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Fureidis

Fureidis (also Freidis; Arabic: فريديس, Hebrew: פֻרֵידִיס) is an Arab town in the Haifa District of Israel. It received local council status in 1952. In 2023 its population was 13,356.

The name is believed to come from the Arabic (firdawis), meaning little Garden of Eden, borrowed from the Persian word for paradise.

A cave above the old part of Fureidis on the western slope of the Carmel was found to contain fragments of pottery from the Chalcolithic period, including large bowls, jars, ossuary fragments and a pale pink limestone pendant. It appears to have been used as a dwelling and a burial cave. The artifacts in the cave attest to the presence of a settlement from the pre-Ghassulian period.

Pottery and remains from an aqueduct dating to the Roman and Byzantine periods have also been found.

In the 19th century, three rock-hewn tombs were examined at Fureidis, each with several kokhim.

At the northern edge of Fureidis, pottery remains from the 13th -14th century, a coin dating to 1388–1399 CE, and building remains dated to the Mamluk period have been excavated.

In 1517 Fureidis was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine. During the 16th and 17th centuries, it belonged to the Turabay Emirate (1517-1683), which encompassed the Jezreel Valley, Mount Carmel, Beit She'an Valley, northern Samaria, Ramot Menashe, the northern part of the Sharon plain.

During the late Ottoman period, in 1859, the English consul Rogers estimated the population to be 200, who cultivated 18 feddans of land.

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