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Nabulsi soap (Arabic: صابون نابلسي ṣābūn Nābulsi) is a type of castile soap from the Palestinian city of Nablus. [1] Its chief ingredients are virgin olive oil , water, and an alkaline sodium compound , such as sodium hydroxide .
[1] [2] The Old City of Nablus was a center of commerce, with large souqs selling textiles, spices and Nabulsi soap. [3] Today it includes more than 100 historical monumental buildings. [ 4 ] The Old City has been repeatedly damaged by Israeli rockets and bombs, particularly during the Second Intifada , where it suffered "probably more than any ...
Nabulsi soap or sabon nabulsi is a type of castile soap produced only in Nablus [95] and made of three primary ingredients: virgin olive oil, water, and a sodium [96] compound. [97] Since the 10th century, Nabulsi soap has enjoyed a reputation for being a fine product, [98] and has been exported across the Arab world and to Europe. [97]
Soap, from a Toukan factory in Nablus. Musa Bey Tuqan, (the longest reigning mutasallim of Nablus since the late 17th-century) strove to establish centralized rule over Jabal Nablus. To finance his drive for power, he sought to dominate Nabulsi soap production by acquiring various soap factories. In September 1798, the Tuqan family had arranged ...
In his memoirs, Muhammad Izzat Darwazah recalled that "In Nablus, shops were confined, or mostly confined, to a caravansary called Khan al-Tujjar, in the middle of Nablus." In the 1850s, Reverend John Mills wrote of Khan al-Tujjar saying, "The principal bazaar is arched, and is very large and fine for Nablus.
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The resulting mixture is known as soft soap [broken anchor], which serves as a precursor for hard soap production. After adding sodium chloride (a process known as salting out), the soap nucleus rises and separates. The water-soluble glycerin and unwanted fat residues remain in the solution (see also soap [broken anchor]).
The Nablus Sanjak (Arabic: سنجق نابلس; Turkish: Nablus Sancağı) was an administrative area that existed throughout Ottoman rule in the Levant (1517–1917). It was administratively part of the Damascus Eyalet until 1864 when it became part of Syria Vilayet and then the Beirut Vilayet in 1888.