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Musha' lands (مشاع) are agricultural common lands owned jointly by the community and loosely taxed, as defined in the Ottoman Land Code of 1858.[1]
Redistribution
[edit]Lands designated as musha were periodically redistributed among the heads of the prominent families of the tribe usually by drawing lots. The longest period between redistributions was nine years. If ten years elapsed there was a rule of established possession for that land. The parcels of land were distributed in such a manner that no one was assigned the same parcel for two consecutive periods.[2]
Composition of land
[edit]According to S. Ilan Troen 70% of land in Palestine was musha in 1918. Kenneth W. Stein says that by 1923 musha lands had been reduced to around half the lands under the British colonial regime in Mandatory Palestine. By 1946 only 20% of the lands were musha.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Kark, Ruth; Oren-Nordhein, Michal (2001). Jerusalem and Its Environs: Quarters, Neighborhoods, Villages, 1800-1948. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-2909-8.
- ↑ Wahlin, Lars (1988). "Occurrence of Musha in Transjordan". Geografiska Annaler. 70 (3): 375–379. doi:10.1080/04353684.1988.11879580.
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