Editing Nimrin (section)

==History==
Nimrin stood on the site of Kfar Nimra when [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] was ruled by the [[Roman Empire]].<ref name="Khalidi">Khalidi, 1992, p.535</ref> Its inhabitants were [[Jew]]s when [[Saint Peter]] and [[James, son of Zebedee|Saint James]] visited the town in 30 CE.<ref>Murray, 1997, p.165.</ref>

===Ottoman era===
Nimrin was incorporated into the [[Ottoman Empire]] in the early sixteenth century CE, and by the 1596 [[Defter|tax records]] the village was under the administration of the ''[[nahiya]]'' ("subdistrict") of [[Tiberias]], part of  [[Safad Sanjak]]. It had a population of 20 households, an estimated  110 persons, all [[Muslim]]. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as  on wheat barley, wheat, olives, beehives, and goats; a total of 3,920 [[akçe]]. 1/3 of the revenue went to a [[waqf]].<ref>Hütteroth and  Abdulfattah, 1977,  p. 189. Quoted in Khalidi, 1992, p. 535</ref><ref>Note that Rhode, 1979, p. [https://www.academia.edu/2026845/The_Administration_and_Population_of_the_Sancak_of_Safed_in_the_Sixteenth_Century 6] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420031504/https://www.academia.edu/2026845/The_Administration_and_Population_of_the_Sancak_of_Safed_in_the_Sixteenth_Century |date=2019-04-20 }} writes that  the register that  Hütteroth and  Abdulfattah  studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9</ref>

A map from [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria|Napoleon's invasion of 1799]] by [[Pierre Jacotin]]  showed the place, named as ''Nemen''.<ref>Karmon, 1960, p. [http://www.jchp.ucla.edu/Bibliography/Karmon,_Y_1960_Jacotin_Map_(IEJ_10).pdf 166] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222063351/http://jchp.ucla.edu/Bibliography/Karmon,_Y_1960_Jacotin_Map_(IEJ_10).pdf |date=2019-12-22 }}.</ref>

In the nineteenth century, Nimrin grew to become a stone-built village of 250 [[Muslim]] people. It was described as being built on the slope of a hill, surrounded by arable land.<ref name=SWP361>Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/361/mode/1up 361]. Quoted in Khalidi, 1992, p. 535</ref> The Ottomans founded an elementary school in the village.<ref name="Khalidi"/>

A population list from about 1887 showed  Nimrin to have  about  300  inhabitants;  all Muslims.<ref>Schumacher, 1888, p. [https://archive.org/stream/quarterlystateme19pale#page/n210/mode/1up  185]</ref>   
===British Mandate era===
In 1922, Nimrin became a part of the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate of Palestine]] and in the [[1922 census of Palestine]],   ''Nemrin'' had a  population of 273; all Muslims,<ref name="Census1922">Barron, 1923,  Table XI, Sub-district of  Tiberias, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n41/mode/1up  39]</ref> increasing in the [[1931 census of Palestine|1931 census]] to 316, still all Muslims, in  a total of 71 houses.<ref name="Census1931">Mills,  1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 84]</ref>

The main economic sectors were farming and livestock, with grain being the most important crop, followed by vegetables. The Ottoman school was closed down during this period.<ref name="Khalidi"/>

In  the [[Village Statistics, 1945|1945 statistics]]  the population consisted of 320 Muslims,<ref name=1945p12/>  and the total land area was  12,019 dunams.<ref name=Hadawi72/>  Of this,  Arabs used 7,905 dunams for cereals, 335 for plantations and irrigable land,<ref name=Hadawi123>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Tiberias/Page-123.jpg 123]</ref> while 64 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) area.<ref name=Hadawi173>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in  Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Tiberias/Page-173.jpg 173]</ref>

===1948 war, and aftermath===
During the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]], Nimrin fell into [[Israel]]i hands on July 17, 1948, after nearby [[Lubya]] was captured at the end of [[Operation Dekel]]. Its entire population of 320 (1945) fled for unclear reasons. According to [[Walid Khalidi]], "the site and a major part of the lands are surrounded by a fence."<ref name="Khalidi"/>