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Kudna (Arabic: كُدنة, also known as Kidna) was a Palestinian Arab village on the northwestern slopes of the Hebron hills, about 25 km from Hebron and at an elevation of 250 m above sea level. Its lands covered 15,744 dunams, including olive groves, cereal fields, and pasture grounds. To its west stretched fertile plains known in Arabic as Sahl Ghazāl, while the southern outskirts contained wooded terrain with wild pistachio and carob trees. Natural springs and cisterns provided water, supplemented by seasonal wadis that traversed the area.
Kudna was known to the Crusaders as Kidna. Kudna contains remnants of a fort, the foundations of buildings, previously inhabited caves, and cisterns. About half a dozen khirbas lay in the vicinity. The remains of a fortified building, possibly a hall-house, from the Crusader era is still standing.
In 1838, during the rule of the Ottoman Empire, Edward Robinson noted Kudna as a small Muslim village, located in the Gaza district. He also saw the remains of a large ancient building, the western wall was still standing, some 150 ft long (46 m), built of large stones.
In 1863 the French explorer Victor Guérin found Kudna to have five hundred inhabitants. It was located on a hill whose summit was rocky and whose sides were covered with olive and fig trees interspersed with tobacco. On the highest point of the hill were the remains of an old castle, along sixty paces on fifty seven wide. Guérin found the lower courses being ancient, possibly Byzantine; the upper layers more recent.
An Ottoman village list of about 1870 indicated 12 houses and a population of 40, though the population count included men only. In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Kudna as a small village situated on a low hill and surrounded by olive trees. The walls of a Crusader Castle rose from the middle of the village.
In 1896 the population of Kidna was estimated to be about 228 persons.
The principal clan of Kudna was the al-Shadfān family, which maintained oral histories linking their lineage to the wider Hebron region and recalling episodes of resistance during the Crusader and Ottoman eras. Testimonies collected in the diaspora describe Kudna as socially cohesive, with traditional guest-houses (madāfa) and seasonal festivals tied to the olive harvest.
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kudna had an entirely Muslim population of 281, increasing in the 1931 census to 353 inhabitants.
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Kudna
Kudna (Arabic: كُدنة, also known as Kidna) was a Palestinian Arab village on the northwestern slopes of the Hebron hills, about 25 km from Hebron and at an elevation of 250 m above sea level. Its lands covered 15,744 dunams, including olive groves, cereal fields, and pasture grounds. To its west stretched fertile plains known in Arabic as Sahl Ghazāl, while the southern outskirts contained wooded terrain with wild pistachio and carob trees. Natural springs and cisterns provided water, supplemented by seasonal wadis that traversed the area.
Kudna was known to the Crusaders as Kidna. Kudna contains remnants of a fort, the foundations of buildings, previously inhabited caves, and cisterns. About half a dozen khirbas lay in the vicinity. The remains of a fortified building, possibly a hall-house, from the Crusader era is still standing.
In 1838, during the rule of the Ottoman Empire, Edward Robinson noted Kudna as a small Muslim village, located in the Gaza district. He also saw the remains of a large ancient building, the western wall was still standing, some 150 ft long (46 m), built of large stones.
In 1863 the French explorer Victor Guérin found Kudna to have five hundred inhabitants. It was located on a hill whose summit was rocky and whose sides were covered with olive and fig trees interspersed with tobacco. On the highest point of the hill were the remains of an old castle, along sixty paces on fifty seven wide. Guérin found the lower courses being ancient, possibly Byzantine; the upper layers more recent.
An Ottoman village list of about 1870 indicated 12 houses and a population of 40, though the population count included men only. In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Kudna as a small village situated on a low hill and surrounded by olive trees. The walls of a Crusader Castle rose from the middle of the village.
In 1896 the population of Kidna was estimated to be about 228 persons.
The principal clan of Kudna was the al-Shadfān family, which maintained oral histories linking their lineage to the wider Hebron region and recalling episodes of resistance during the Crusader and Ottoman eras. Testimonies collected in the diaspora describe Kudna as socially cohesive, with traditional guest-houses (madāfa) and seasonal festivals tied to the olive harvest.
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kudna had an entirely Muslim population of 281, increasing in the 1931 census to 353 inhabitants.
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