Taibah, Irbid
Taibah or Taybeh is a town located in the Aṭ-Ṭaībah district of the Irbid Governorate, in northern Jordan.
The 2020 census estimates its population to be 24,255 people.
History
Taybah is identified with the ancient city of Ephron. Polybius' historical accounts mention it during the campaigns of Seleucid king Antiochus III, as well as in the story of Judas Maccabeus' retreat from Gilead, as described in 1 Maccabees.
In 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as Tayyibat al-Ism, situated in the nahiya of Bani Kinana, part of the Sanjak of Hawran. It had 42 households and 28 bachelors; all Muslims. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products; including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and bee-hives, in addition to occasional revenues. The total tax was 13,675 akçe. 1.5/24 of the revenue went to a waqf.