Ra'na

Ra'na (Arabic: رعنة‎) was a village located approximately 26 km northwest of Hebron. It was occupied by the Israeli army during Operation Yo'av in October 1948. It was one of 16 villages in the Hebron district that were depopulated.

History

During the rule of the Ottoman empire, Edward Robinson passed by in 1838, and reported that the fields of Ra'na were planted with tobacco and cotton.

In the late nineteenth century, Ra'na was described as a village built of stone and mud, and it had a pool and gardens.

British Mandate era

Ra'na was classified as hamlet by the Palestine Index Gazetteer. In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Ra'ana had a population of 126, all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 150, still all Muslim, in a total of 36 houses.

In 1944/45 a total of 5,882 dunums of land was planted with cereals, while 112 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. Grain was the dominant crop, but during the final year of the British Mandate of Palestine, the villagers also grew grapes, carob and olives. 14 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) areas.

Rana

Rana (Sanskrit: राणा) is a historical title of Rajput origin, denoting the rank of an absolute Monarch.

Today, it is being used as a hereditary name in South Asia. Rani is the title for the wife of a Rana or a female monarch. Rani also applies to the wife of a Raja. Compound titles include Rana Sahib, Ranaji, Rana Bahadur, and Maharana.

Royal title in India

Rana was formerly used as a title of martial sovereignty by Rajput kings in India.

Rana title in Pakistan

Members of different Rajput clans use Rana as a hereditary title in Pakistan and their majority is Muslim. However Hindu Rajputs with this title also exist in Sindh.Umerkot was a state with a Hindu Rajput ruler using the title Rana in Sindh (presen-day Pakistan). In the 16th century Rana Prasad, the then Rana of Umerkot, gave refuge to Mughal prince Humayun and his wife Hamida Banu Begum, who fled from military defeat at the hands of Sher Shah Suri. Their son Akbar was born in the fort of the Rana of Umerkot.

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Råna

Råna is a mountain in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The mountain sits on the municipal border between Ørsta Municipality and Sykkylven Municipality. It is part of Hjelledalstindane mountains in the Sunnmørsalpene range. The 1,586-metre (5,203 ft) tall mountain is located about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of the village of Store Standal in Ørsta Municipality and about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) south of the village of Straumgjerde in Sykkylven Municipality.

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