Wadi Qabbani (), also known as Khirbat ash Sheik Husein () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict. It was probably depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 1, 1948, as part of Operation Coastal Clearing. It was located 12 km northwest of Tulkarm. The name, Qabbani came from the Lebanese family who owned most of the land.
History British Mandate era In the 1945 statistics the village had a total population of 210 Muslims with a total of 9,812 dunams of land.
The land ownership of the village before occupation in dunams: Owner Dunams Arab 427 Jewish 9,276 Public 109 Total 9,812
Of this, Arabs used 408 dunums for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 128 while a total of 1,301 dunams were classified as non-cultivable land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 178
Types of land use in dunams in the village in 1945:
Land Usage Arab Jewish Public Citrus and bananas - 46 - Irrigated and plantation - - - Cereal 408 8,057 - Urban - - - Cultivable 408 8,103 - Non-cultivable 19 1,173 109
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External links Welcome To Wadi Qabbani Wadi Qabbani, Zochrot Survey of Western Palestine, Map 10: IAA, Wikimedia commons