References
- It should be mentioned that nomadic conditions, and the inherited suspicions of the Bedouin about the intentions of any Government enquiring into their internal affairs, make statistics about them of only relative value. In connection with the probable increase of the Bedouin population, it is interesting to note the remark in the Census Report about the low‐birth‐rate obtaining among the Bedouin (see: Census of Palestine Report, 1931, Part I, pp. 328–335).
- Elath , E. 1939 . (Epstein): “Bedouin of the Negev,” . Palestine Exploration Quarterly , April
- Palmer , E. H. 1871 . “The Desert of the Exodus,” . 295 Part II
- Musil . 1908 . “Arabia Petraea,” . Vol. III , 32
- “Kitab al Qudha bein al Bedū, Qūds,” . Hijra , 1351 224
- I dunam = 1,000 sq. metres, or 0.247 acres. Figures given by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries of the Palestine Government (see: Area of Cultivated Land in Palestine, Jewish Agency, Jerusalem, 1936, p. 26). A comparison with the figures for 1928 shows that in the six‐year interval there had been an increase of about 750,000 dunams in the area under cultivation. To my knowledge, there are no official figures available between 1934/35 and the end of the mandatory period.
- 1931 . Census of Palestine 334 335
- Land without registered ownership, not used for public purposes by villages.