Tarbikha
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| Arabic | تربيخا |
| Name meaning | possibly from Teir Bikha, the Fortress of Bikha |
| Subdistrict | Acre |
| Coordinates | 33°04′58″N 35°17′04″E / 33.08278°N 35.28444°ECoordinates: 33°04′58″N 35°17′04″E / 33.08278°N 35.28444°E |
| Palestine grid | 177/276 |
| Population | 1,000 (1945) |
| Area | 18,563 dunams |
| Date of depopulation | Early November 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Shomera,Even Menachem, Shtula, Zar'it |
Tarbikha (Arabic: تربيخا), was a Palestinian Arab village. It was located 27 kilometres (17 miles) northeast of Acre in the British Mandate District of Acre that was captured and depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Three sarcophagi were found on the south side of the village. A semi-circular pool, cisterns and tombs were also found.
Tarbikha was located on the site of the Crusaders Tayerebika, from which it derived its name. In 1183 it was noted that Godfrey de Tor sold the land of the village to Joscelin III. In 1220 Jocelyn III´s daughter Beatrix de Courtenay and her husband Otto von Botenlauben, Count of Henneberg, sold their land, including Tayerbica, to the Teutonic Knights.
Tarbikha was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with the rest of Palestine, and by 1596 it was part of the nahiya (subdistrict) of Tibnin under the Liwa of Safad, with a population of 88. It paid taxes on a number of crops, including wheat, olives and barley, as well as on goats, beehives and a press that was used for processing either olives or grapes.
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