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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mi'ilya
| native_name = {{Hlist
 | {{Lang|he|{{Script/Hebrew|מִעִלְיָא}}|rtl=yes}}
 | {{Lang|ar|معليا|rtl=yes}}
}}
| settlement_type = [[Local council (Israel)|Local council]] (from 1957)
| translit_lang1 = Hebrew
| translit_lang1_type1 = [[ISO 259]]
| translit_lang1_info1 = Miˁilyaˀ
| translit_lang1_type3 = Also spelled
| translit_lang1_info3 = Malia (unofficial)
| image_skyline = Mi'ilya overview 2.JPG
| image_blank_emblem = Mi'ilya COA.png
| pushpin_map = Israel northwest#Israel
| coordinates = {{coord|33|1|31|N|35|15|34|E|region:IL|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type    = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name    = {{ISR}}
| subdivision_type1   = 
| subdivision_name1   = 
| subdivision_type2   = [[Districts of Israel|District]]
| subdivision_name2   = [[Northern District (Israel)|Northern]]
| grid_position = 174/269 [[Palestine grid|PAL]]
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = Prior to 1160<ref name="Ellenblump41">Ellenblum, 2003, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=riHMZiH_Te4C&pg=PA41 41]</ref>
| unit_pref = dunam
| area_total_dunam = {{formatnum:1365|R}}
| population_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| population_total = {{Israel populations|Mi'elya}}
| population_as_of = {{Israel populations|Year}}
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1      = Ethnicity
| demographics1_footnotes = {{Israel populations|reference}}
| demographics1_title1    = [[Arab citizens of Israel|Arabs]]
| demographics1_info1     = 97.5%
| demographics1_title2    = [[Israeli Jews|Jews and others]]
| demographics1_info2     = 2.5%
| blank_name_sec1 = Name meaning
| blank_info_sec1 = "The High place"<ref>Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/52/mode/1up 52]</ref>
}}

'''Mi'ilya''' ({{langx|ar|معليا}}, {{langx|he|מִעִלְיָא}}), also called '''Mi'elya''', is an [[Arab localities in Israel#Northern District|Arab]] [[local council (Israel)|local council]] in the western [[Galilee]] in the [[Northern District (Israel)|Northern District]] of [[Israel]]. Its name during the [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]] era in [[Galilee]] was '''Castellum Regis'''.<ref name=Ellenblump41/> In {{Israel populations|Year}} it had a population of {{Israel populations|Mi'elya}},{{Israel populations|reference}} all of whom are [[Melkite Greek Catholic Church|Melkite Greek Catholics]].<ref name="ChristianYnet">{{cite news|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5431903,00.html|title=Celebrating Christmas in Israel's ancient Greek Catholic villages|newspaper=Ynetnews |date=23 December 2018|publisher=Ynet}}</ref> The town is located immediately to the northwest of [[Ma'alot-Tarshiha]].

==History==
Archaeological excavations in Mi'ilya gives indication of inhabitation from the Late [[Bronze Age]] and [[Iron Age]], as well as [[Hellenistic period|Hellenistic]], [[Roman Empire|Roman]], [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]], [[Crusades|Crusader]], [[Mamluk]] and [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] periods.<ref>Porat, 2009, [http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=1056&mag_id=115 Mi‘ilya, the Church Square Preliminary Report]</ref> Remains include a [[mosaic]] carpet with a [[Greek language|Greek]] inscription, dating from the fifth or early sixth century CE.<ref>{{Citation |title=XXXI. Miʿilya |date=2023-03-06 |work=Galilaea and Northern Regions: 5876-6924 |pages=167–168 |editor-last=Ameling |editor-first=Walter |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110715774-039/html |access-date=2024-07-24 |publisher=De Gruyter |doi=10.1515/9783110715774-039 |isbn=978-3-11-071577-4 |editor2-last=Cotton |editor2-first=Hannah M. |editor3-last=Eck |editor3-first=Werner |editor4-last=Ecker |editor4-first=Avner|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

===Crusader period===
[[File:Mamluk gate.jpg|thumb|Inscription on the Mamluk gate ]]
In the [[Crusader states|Crusader period]], Mi'ilya was first mentioned in 1160, when it and several surrounding villages was transferred to a Crusader named ''Iohanni de Caypha'' (Johannes of Haifa).<ref>Strehlke, 1869, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/tabulaeordinist00stregoog#page/n18/mode/1up 2]-3, No. 2; Cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, p. [https://archive.org/stream/regestaregnihie00rhgoog#page/n95/mode/1up 89], No. 341; Cited in Pringle, 1993, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=BgQ6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA30 30] and in Ellenblum, 2003, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=riHMZiH_Te4C&pg=PA41 41]</ref>

In 1179 Viscountess Petronella of [[Acre, Israel|Acre]] sold the houses, vineyards and gardens of Mi'ilya to Count [[Jocelyn III]], uncle of [[Baldwin IV]],<ref name="year1179">Strehlke, 1869, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/tabulaeordinist00stregoog#page/n27/mode/1up 11]-12, No. 11; cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, p. [https://archive.org/stream/regestaregnihie00rhgoog#page/n162/mode/1up 156], No. 587; cited in Pringle, 1997, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-_NbE5obqRMC&pg=PA71 71]</ref> and in 1183, Baldwin IV transferred a house that he had bought in Mi'ilya from the scribe, John of Bogalet, in addition to other possessions in the vicinity of Mi'ilya to the same uncle, Jocelyn III.<ref>Strehlke, 1869, p. [https://archive.org/stream/tabulaeordinist00stregoog#page/n32/mode/1up 16], No. 17; cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/regestaregnihie00rhgoog#page/n171/mode/1up 165]-6, No. 625; Cited in Pringle, 1998, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2Y0tA0xLzwEC&pg=PA30 30]</ref>

However, in 1187 Mi'ilya (including its castle) fell to [[Saladin]].<ref>[[Abu'l-Fida]], in [[Recueil des historiens des croisades#Historiens orientaux .281872.E2.80.931906.29|R.H.C. Or. I.]], p. [https://archive.org/stream/recueildeshistor01acad#page/56/mode/1up 56], [[Ali ibn al-Athir]], 1231, [[The Complete History|Kamel-Altevarykh]], as given in R.H.C. Or. I., p. [https://archive.org/stream/recueildeshistor01acad#page/690/mode/1up 690] and [[Al-Maqrizi]], all cited in Pringle, 1998, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2Y0tA0xLzwEC&pg=PA30 30]</ref> In 1188 it was granted by [[Conrad of Montferrat]] to the [[Pisa]]ns who were defending Acre,<ref>Röhricht, 1893, RRH, p. [https://archive.org/stream/regestaregnihie00rhgoog#page/n186/mode/1up 180], No. 674, cited in Pringle, 1998, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2Y0tA0xLzwEC&pg=PA30 30]</ref> but it is unclear if they ever took control of it.

In 1220 Jocelyn III's daughter [[Beatrix de Courtenay]] and her husband [[Otto von Botenlauben]], [[House of Henneberg|Count of Henneberg]], sold Mi'ilya to the [[Teutonic Knights]] on 31 May, for the sum of 7000 marks of silver. This included Mi'ilya with its dependencies, and a third of the fief of St. George.<ref name="year1220">Strehlke, 1869, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/tabulaeordinist00stregoog#page/n59/mode/1up 43]-44, No. 53; pp. [https://archive.org/stream/tabulaeordinist00stregoog#page/n63/mode/1up 47]-49, Nos. 58-59; Cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, p. [https://archive.org/stream/regestaregnihie00rhgoog#page/n254/mode/1up 248], No. 934; Cited in Pringle, 1998, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2Y0tA0xLzwEC&pg=PA30 30]</ref><ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/190/mode/1up 190]</ref> In 1228, Jocelyn III's grandson James of [[Vassals of the Kingdom of Jerusalem#Lordship of Scandalion|Mandale]] sold his part to the Teutonic Knights.<ref>Strehlke, 1869, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/tabulaeordinist00stregoog#page/n67/mode/1up 51]-53, No. 63; pp. [https://archive.org/stream/tabulaeordinist00stregoog#page/n69/mode/1up 53]-54, No. 65; Cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, p. [https://archive.org/stream/regestaregnihie00rhgoog#page/n269/mode/1up 263], No. 1002; p. [https://archive.org/stream/regestaregnihie00rhgoog#page/n271/mode/1up 265], No. 1011; Cited in Pringle, 1998, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2Y0tA0xLzwEC&pg=PA30 30]</ref>

Between 1220 and 1243, the Teutonic Knights bought a number of properties from private owners around the castle.<ref>Strehlke, 1869, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/tabulaeordinist00stregoog#page/n136/mode/1up 120]-128, No.128; Cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/regestaregnihie00rhgoog#page/n140/mode/1up 134]-135, No. 510; Cited in Pringle, 1998, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2Y0tA0xLzwEC&pg=PA31 31] and Ellenblum, 2003, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=riHMZiH_Te4C&pg=PA42 42]-44</ref>

Another document from the year 1257 mentions a house and other property in Mi‘ilya that belonged to the Bishop of Akko.<ref>Strehlke, 1869, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/tabulaeordinist00stregoog#page/n107/mode/1up 91]-94, No. 112; Cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, p. [https://archive.org/stream/regestaregnihie00rhgoog#page/n337/mode/1up 331], No. 1260; cited in Ellenblum, 2003, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=riHMZiH_Te4C&pg=PA149 149] and Khamisy, 2013, [http://www.hadashot-esi.org.il/report_detail_eng.aspx?id=4362&mag_id=120 Mi‘ilya]</ref>

By 1268–1271 Mi'ilya was conquered by [[Baibars]].<ref>Pringle, 1997, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-_NbE5obqRMC&pg=PA71 71]</ref>

===Ottoman period===
[[File:41.Village de Mellia.jpg|right|thumb|Mi'ilya, in 1851, by [[Charles William Meredith van de Velde|van de Velde]]]]
In 1596, Mi'ilya appeared in [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[Defter|tax registers]] as being in the ''[[Nahiya]]'' of [[Acre, Israel|Akka]] of the [[Safad Sanjak|Liwa Safad]], with a population of 15 [[Muslim]] households and 2 Christian households. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, olives, and goats or beehives, a total of 2,151 [[akçe]].<ref>Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 194</ref><ref>Note that Rhode, 1979, p. [http://www.academia.edu/2026845/The_Administration_and_Population_of_the_Sancak_of_Safed_in_the_Sixteenth_Century 6] writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied from the Safad-district was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9</ref>

In 1838, ''Ma'lia'' was noted as a village in the ''El Jebel'' district, located west of [[Safad]].<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 3, 2nd appendix, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/133/mode/1up 133]</ref>

In the 1881 [[Palestine Exploration Fund|PEF]]'s ''[[PEF Survey of Palestine|Survey of Western Palestine]]'' Mi'ilya was described as being a large and well-built village of stone, containing 450 Christians, surrounded by [[olive]]s and arable land.<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/149/mode/1up p.149]</ref> 

In 1890, Missionary Père Angelil requested the help of the nuns from the Lebanese village of [[Ain Ebel]] to teach the people of neighboring Mi'ilya for eight days. Following this, two nuns from Ain Ebel stayed behind to oversee the operation of the newly established school.<ref>''Relations d'Orient: Liban, Syrie, Egypte, Arménie,'' "Travaux et Missions Dans Le Belad-Bechara et le District de Saphad: Extrait de Lettres du P. Angelil au P. Supérieur de la Mission," Imprimerie Polleunis et Ceuterick, Bruxelles, Janvier 1891, page 37-38</ref>

A population list from about 1887 showed ''Ma'lia'' to have about 775 inhabitants, all Christians.<ref>Schumacher, 1888, p. [https://archive.org/stream/quarterlystateme19pale#page/n216/mode/1up 191]</ref>

===British Mandate period===
In the [[1922 census of Palestine]] conducted by the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandatory authorities]], Mi'ilya had a population of 442 inhabitants; 429 Christians and 13 Muslims.<ref name="Census1922">Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Acre, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n38/mode/1up 36]</ref> Of the Christians, 3 were Orthodox, 2 Catholics and 424 Greek Catholic ([[Melkite|Melchite]]).<ref>Barron, 1923, Table XVI, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n52/mode/1up 50]</ref> The population had increased in the [[1931 census of Palestine|1931 census]] to 579; 553 Christians, 25 Muslims and 1 Druze, in a total of 138 houses.<ref name="Census1931">Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 102]</ref>

In the [[Village Statistics, 1945|1945 statistics]], the population had increased to 900; 790 Christians and 110 Muslims,<ref name="1945p4">Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p04.jpg 4]</ref> while the total land area was 29,084 [[dunam]]s, according to an official land and population survey.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Acre/Page-041.jpg 41]</ref> Of this, 1,509 dunams were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 2,883 for cereals,<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Acre/Page-081.jpg 81]</ref> while 123 dunams were classified as built-up areas.<ref>Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Acre/Page-131.jpg 131]</ref>

===State of Israel===
In the early part of 1948 the village suffered from food shortages and harassment from neighbouring Jewish areas.{{cn|date=November 2024}} It was captured by the [[Israel Defense Forces]] during [[Operation Hiram]] at the end of October. After a short fight, most of population fled into the countryside. The following day the local [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] commander allowed them to return to their homes. This was one of the few occasions when villagers were allowed back into their villages after they had left.<ref>[[Benny Morris|Morris]], 1987, p. 228</ref> In January 1949 some villagers from Mi'ilya were expelled to [[Jenin]]; they complained of being robbed by Israeli soldiers whilst being deported. The [[Minorities Minister of Israel|Ministry for Minority Affairs]] reported that a further 25 villagers were expelled in March being suspected of passing information to the enemy.<ref>Morris, 1987, p. 352</ref> Mi'ilya was recognized as a local council in 1957. The Arab population remained under [[Martial law#Israel|martial law]] until 1966.

==Transportation==
Mi'ilya is located on [[Highway 89 (Israel)|Highway 89]] which connects [[Nahariya]] with [[Elifelet]] via [[Safed]].

==Landmarks==

===King's castle===
[[File:Miiliya-castle-38.jpg|right|thumb|King's castle, 2009]]
King's Castle, was first noted in Crusader sources in 1160,<ref>Röhricht, 1893, RRH, p. [https://archive.org/stream/regestaregnihie00rhgoog#page/n95/mode/1up 89], no. 341; cited in Pringle, 1993, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=BgQ6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA30 30] and in Pringle, 1997, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=-_NbE5obqRMC&pg=PA71 71]</ref> when it was probably built during [[Baldwin III of Jerusalem|King Baldwin III]]'s reign, along with one of the biggest wineries in the [[Crusader states]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 August 2019 |title=Israeli Village Excavates Itself, Finds Biggest Winery in the Crusader World |url=https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-israeli-village-excavates-itself-finds-biggest-winery-in-the-crusader-world-1.7661047 |website=Haaretz}}</ref>

By 1179 the castle had apparently been rebuilt, as it was then called Castellum Novo.<ref name=year1179/> In 1182, [[Baldwin IV]] granted the castle to his uncle, [[Jocelyn III]]. At this time it was called "The new castle in the mountains of Acre".<ref>Strehlke, 1869, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/tabulaeordinist00stregoog#page/n29/mode/1up 13]-15, No. 14; cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/regestaregnihie00rhgoog#page/n168/mode/1up 162]-163, No. 614, cited in Pringle, 1998, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2Y0tA0xLzwEC&pg=PA30 30]</ref>

By 1187, the castle fell to [[Saladin]], but was soon back in Crusader control. In the 1220, ownership passed to the [[Teutonic Knights]]. However, the importance of the castle of Mi'ilya was by this time superseded by the [[Montfort Castle]].<ref name=year1220/>

The Arab geographer, [[Shams al-Din al-Ansari al-Dimashqi|Al-Dimashqi]], noted the "fine castle", and that close to it was a very pleasant valley, where musk-pears and large citrons were grown.<ref name="lestrange495">Le Strange, 1890, [https://archive.org/stream/palestineundermo00lestuoft#page/495/mode/1up p.495]</ref>

[[Victor Guérin]] found in 1875 that “on the highest part of the hill we remark the remains of an ancient fortress, flanked by four square towers; considerable portions remain, showing that it was built of regular blocks, some levelled plane and some embossed; the latter were reserved for the angles. The ruins and interior of this fortress are now inhabited by about twenty families, which have built their little habitations in the midst of the debris.”<ref>Guérin, 1880, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr00gugoog#page/n76/mode/1up 60]- 61, as translated in Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp01conduoft#page/190/mode/1up 190]-191</ref>

===Church of St Mary Magdalen===
[[File:Miiliya-castle-49.jpg|thumb|Mi'ilya church]]
[[Giovanni Mariti]] passed by in 1761, and noted "an ancient church, in which the Catholic Greeks perform divine service."<ref>Mariti, 1792, p. [https://archive.org/stream/travelsthroughc00marigoog#page/n369/mode/1up 339]; 1769 edition noted in Pringle, 1998, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2Y0tA0xLzwEC&pg=PA31 31]</ref>

[[Victor Guérin]] visited in 1875, and noted that "The Greeks had just rebuilt their church on the foundations of another much more ancient, which was decorated with monolithic [[column]]s with capitals imitating [[Corinthian order|Corinthian columns]].“<ref>Guérin, 1880, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr00gugoog#page/n76/mode/1up 60]- 61, as translated in Pringle, 1998, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2Y0tA0xLzwEC&pg=PA31 31]</ref>

==See also==
* [[Arab localities in Israel]]
* [[Arab Christians]]
*[[Archaeology of Israel]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Mi_ilya_1419/index.html Welcome To Mi'ilya]
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 3: [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8366 IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.03.jpg Wikimedia commons]
*[http://www.palestine-studies.org/journals.aspx?href=issue&jid=1&iid=4 ''The fall of a village.'']. [[Elias Shoufani|Shoufani, Elias]]. ''Journal of Palestine Studies''. Volume 1 #4. Summer 1972.

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