9.5 Taswirorin Tarihi da Na Yanki na Falasdinu: Mujallar National Geographic
9.5 The Historic And Geographic Maps Of Palestine: The National Geographic
Tarihi mai tsawo da yanayin kasa na Falasdinu (na zamanin da, na tsakiya da na zamani)
The long history and geography of Palestine (ancient, medieval and modern)
...suna cikin tunani da al'adun Turai da duniyar Larabawa. A shekarar 1890, masanin tarihi dan kasar Jamus Gustav Reinhold Röhricht, a cikin littafinsa Bibliotheca Geographica Palestine, ya lissafa littattafai 3515 da aka buga cikin harsuna da dama tsakanin shekarar 333
are deeply ingrained in the social and cultural memory of Europe and the Arab world. In 1890 German historian Gustav Reinhold Röhricht, in Bibliotheca Geographica Palestine, listed 3515 books issued in many languages between 333
AD da 1878 AD waɗanda suka yi bayani kan yanayin ƙasa (geography) na Falasɗinu. Aikin Röhricht ya ƙunshi kuma jerin taswirori masu alaƙa da Falasɗinu bisa tsarin lokaci.
AD and 1878 AD which dealt with the geography of Palestine. Röhricht’s work also contains a chronological list of maps relating to Palestine.
Har ila yau, sha'awar tarihi, ƙasa da taswirar Falasɗinu ta bayyana a cikin wallafe-wallafen National Geographic, wanda da farko ake kira National Geographic Magazine, mujallar hukuma ta National Geographic Society, wadda ke da hedikwata a Washington, DC. NGS na ɗaya daga cikin manyan cibiyoyin kimiyya da ilimi marasa neman riba a duniya. Abubuwan da take mayar da hankali a kansu sun haɗa da ilimin ƙasa, tarihi, ilimin kayan tarihi da ilimin kimiyyar halitta. Ana buga National Geographic ba tare da katsewa ba tun bugunsa na farko a shekarar 1888. Tarihin mujallar ya nuna cewa tana mayar da hankali sosai kan taswira, tarihi da ilimin kayan tarihi na Falasɗinu ta dā da ta zamani. Taswirorin Falasɗinu na tarihi na National Geographic (ba tare da ambaton 'Taswirar Kan'ana' ba), waɗanda ba a san mujallar da nuna goyon baya ga Falasɗinawa ba, sun samar da take-taken da ke biye: 'Ra'ayoyi game da Falasɗinu', 1 ga Maris, 1915 ('Tsohon Jakadan Birtaniya a Amurka, James Bryce, ya bayyana ra'ayoyinsa game da Falasɗinu mafi yawan mazaunanta Musulmi ne'); 'Annobar Fara a Urushalima: Bayanin Mamayar Fara da Ta Faru a Falasɗinu Kwanan nan, Tare da Kwatanta Ta da Mamayoyin Fara na Dā Kamar yadda Littafin Tarihin Duniyar Dā, Littafi Mai Tsarki, Ya Ba da Labari', 1
Preoccupation with the history, geography and cartography of Palestine was also evident in the publications of the National Geographic, formerly the National Geographic Magazine, the official magazine of the National Geographic Society, based in Washington, DC. The NGS is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, history, archaeology and natural sciences. The National Geographic has been published continuously since its first issue in 1888. The archives of the magazine show a huge focus on the cartography, history and archaeology of historic Palestine (ancient and modern). The historic ‘Palestine Maps’ (no mention of ‘Maps of Canaan’) of the National Geographic (not known to be particularly pro-Palestinian) produced the following titles: ‘Impressions of Palestine’, 1 March 1915 (‘Former British Ambassador to the U.S., James Bryce, relates his impressions of a predominantly Muslim Palestine’); ‘Jerusalem’s Locust Plague: Being a Description of the Recent Locust Influx into Palestine, and Comparing Same with Ancient Locust Invasions as Narrated in the Old World’s History Book, the Bible’, 1
Disamba 1915 ('John D. Whiting ya kwatanta mamayar fara da ta faru kwanan nan a Falasdinu da Siriya da annobar fara ta zamanin da da aka bayyana a cikin Littafi Mai Tsarki'); 'Tsakanin Makiyayan Baitalami: Ziyara Zuwa Kwarin Da Dawud Mai yiwuwa ya tuna lokacin da ya rubuta Zabura ta Ashirin da Uku', 1 ga Disamba, 1926
December 1915 (‘John D. Whiting compares the recent invasion of locusts in Palestine and Syria with the ancient locust plagues described in the Bible’); ‘Among the Bethlehem Shepherds: A Visit to the Valley Which David Probably Recalled When He Wrote the Twenty-third Psalm’, 1 December 1926
("Iyalan makiyaya na Falasdinu suna rayuwa kusan kamar yadda kakanninsu suka yi; sau da yawa ƙaramin yaro ne yake kiwon tumaki, da sarewa da sanda a hannunsa.") ('Canjawar Falasdinu', 1 ga Afrilu, 1934 ("Ingantattun sufuri da sadarwa suna ba Falasdinu damar bunƙasa yayin da ƙasar, ko da yake ƙarama ce amma tana da muhimmanci, take ci gaba da taka rawar wurin haduwar Gabas da Yamma"). 'Bama-bamai a kan Ƙasashen Littafi Mai Tsarki', 1 ga Agusta, 1941
(‘Shepherd families of Palestine live much as their ancestors did; often the youngest boy tends the sheep, with flute and staff in hand’); ‘Changing Palestine’, 1 April 1934 (‘Improved transportation and communication give Palestine growing room as the small but strategic land continues its role as a meeting place for East and West’); ‘Bombs over Bible Lands’, 1 August 1941
A cikin Siriya, Falasdiɗu da Iraƙi, inda Romawa, Babiloniyawa da Assuriyawa suka taɓa yaƙi, Jamus da Rasha suna gwagwarmayar neman iko da ƙasashen da ke da man fetur, suna lalata ƙasashen tarihi da bama-bamai, jiragen sama da tankoki. ‘Falasdiɗu A Yau’, 1 ga Oktoba, 1946 (‘A ƙarƙashin ikon Birtaniya, Falasdiɗu tana fama da yadda za ta jure ƙaurawar mutane. Birane da gonaki da ke ƙara girma suna haɗuwa su samar da wani yanayi na baƙon abu a cikin ƙasar da ta tsufa’). ‘Wani Masanin Binciken Kayan Tarihi Ya Duba Falasdiɗu’, 1 ga Disamba, 1947 (‘Marubucin yana haɗuwa da tarihi a kowane mataki, a cikin ƙasar da ta kasance filin yaƙi maras ƙarewa shekaru aru-aru’).
(‘In Syria, Palestine, and Iraq, where Romans, Babylonians, and Assyrians once battled, Germany and Russia vie for control of the oil-rich nations, disrupting historic lands with bombs, planes, and tanks’); ‘Palestine Today’, 1 October 1946 (‘Under the control of Great Britain, Palestine struggles to cope with immigration. Growing cities and farms make a strange mix in the ancient land’); ‘An Archaeologist Looks at Palestine’, 1 December 1947 (‘The author encounters history at every turn, in an ancient land that has been a cockpit of unending conflict for many centuries’).