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Kafr Misr
Kafr Misr (Arabic: كفر مصر, Hebrew: כַּפְר מִצְר, lit. 'Egypt[ian] village') is an Arab village in northeastern Israel. Located near Afula to the south of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bustan al-Marj Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 2,815.
The site of Kafr Misr has been inhabited from at least the late Roman period, with archeological excavations indicating the existence of Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities, at various periods. The village's jurisdiction in 1924 was about 3,300 dunams, but today it is about 1,000 dunams.
The village of Kafr Misr is situated about 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) southeast of Mount Tabor on a ridge that overlooks the valley of Wadi Bireh, also known as Nahal Tabor, through which runs the tributary of Nahal Shumar.
Karmon writes in 1960, referring to Conder and Kitchener's Memoirs, that the name "Mebhel" registered by Jacotin in 1799 was replaced by "Kefr Misr" ('Egypt[ian] village') after the site being settled by Egyptians during the decade under the rule of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (1831–1841).
The Arab village may have been founded by Egyptian immigrants. Its name as recorded by the Palestine Exploration Fund in 1878 is Kefr Misr, whereas Edward Robinson and Eli Smith transliterate it as Kefr Musr in 1841. Zimmerman's map from 1861 records its name as Kefr Masr. The transliteration of its name into English used in this article was used during the period of the British Mandate in Palestine.
The authors of the Survey of Western Palestine publications from the 1880s interpreted the name as "the village of the town (or of Egypt)".
The Bustan el-Marj Regional Council website transcribes the village's name as Kufur Masser and translates kufur as "village" and masser as "Egypt", writing that the name originated with the ancient Egyptians who invaded the area in 605 BC under the rule of the Pharaoh Necho II.[dubious – discuss] The Crusaders called the village Kaphar Mazre.[dubious – discuss] In a map dating from 1799, its name is recorded as Mebhel which means beauty.[dubious – discuss]
Ancient sites in the village show the centrality of its role at various times in history.[dubious – discuss] According to the Bustan el-Marj Regional Council, the current inhabitants of Kafr Misr include the descendants of those who have lived there for hundreds, even thousands of years,[dubious – discuss] while others descended from those who came to the village from Egypt at the beginning of the 19th century, when Muhammad Ali temporarily controlled the area.
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Kafr Misr
Kafr Misr (Arabic: كفر مصر, Hebrew: כַּפְר מִצְר, lit. 'Egypt[ian] village') is an Arab village in northeastern Israel. Located near Afula to the south of the Sea of Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of Bustan al-Marj Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 2,815.
The site of Kafr Misr has been inhabited from at least the late Roman period, with archeological excavations indicating the existence of Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities, at various periods. The village's jurisdiction in 1924 was about 3,300 dunams, but today it is about 1,000 dunams.
The village of Kafr Misr is situated about 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) southeast of Mount Tabor on a ridge that overlooks the valley of Wadi Bireh, also known as Nahal Tabor, through which runs the tributary of Nahal Shumar.
Karmon writes in 1960, referring to Conder and Kitchener's Memoirs, that the name "Mebhel" registered by Jacotin in 1799 was replaced by "Kefr Misr" ('Egypt[ian] village') after the site being settled by Egyptians during the decade under the rule of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt (1831–1841).
The Arab village may have been founded by Egyptian immigrants. Its name as recorded by the Palestine Exploration Fund in 1878 is Kefr Misr, whereas Edward Robinson and Eli Smith transliterate it as Kefr Musr in 1841. Zimmerman's map from 1861 records its name as Kefr Masr. The transliteration of its name into English used in this article was used during the period of the British Mandate in Palestine.
The authors of the Survey of Western Palestine publications from the 1880s interpreted the name as "the village of the town (or of Egypt)".
The Bustan el-Marj Regional Council website transcribes the village's name as Kufur Masser and translates kufur as "village" and masser as "Egypt", writing that the name originated with the ancient Egyptians who invaded the area in 605 BC under the rule of the Pharaoh Necho II.[dubious – discuss] The Crusaders called the village Kaphar Mazre.[dubious – discuss] In a map dating from 1799, its name is recorded as Mebhel which means beauty.[dubious – discuss]
Ancient sites in the village show the centrality of its role at various times in history.[dubious – discuss] According to the Bustan el-Marj Regional Council, the current inhabitants of Kafr Misr include the descendants of those who have lived there for hundreds, even thousands of years,[dubious – discuss] while others descended from those who came to the village from Egypt at the beginning of the 19th century, when Muhammad Ali temporarily controlled the area.
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