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Ramle Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine
The Ramle Subdistrict was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was part of Lydda District of the British Mandate of Palestine. The sub-district's main city was Ramle. Its total population in 1944 was estimated at 123,490, of which 88,560 were Muslims; 29,420 were Jews; and 5,500 were Christians.A Survey of Palestine: Prepared in December 1945 and January 1946 for the Information of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry, Volume I, Table 8c, p. 152, J. V. W. Shaw (Editor) A number of Palestinian Arab villages in the subdistrict were ethnically cleansed during the Nakba, both by Zionist forces prior to the Israeli declaration of independence and after by Israeli forces. Following the war the area that had made up Ramla Subdistrict became a part of Israel's Central District, being mostly subdivided between a newly created Ramla Subdistrict and Rehovot Subdistrict. Ethnically cleansed and villages * Abu al-Fadl *Abu Shusha *Ajanjul * Aqir * Barfiliya *al-Barriyya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandatory Palestine 1945 Subdistricts And Districts
Mandate most often refers to: * League of Nations mandates, quasi-colonial territories established under Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, 28 June 1919 * Mandate (politics), the power granted by an electorate Mandate may also refer to: * Mandate (aftershave), British aftershave brand * Mandate (criminal law), an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction * Mandate (international law), an obligation handed down by an inter-governmental body * Mandate (magazine), ''Mandate'' (magazine), a monthly gay pornographic magazine * Mandate (trade union), a trade union in Ireland * , various ships of Britain's navy * Mandate (typeface), a brash-brush typeface designed by R. Hunter Middleton * The formal notice of decision from an appeals court * A requirement for a Health maintenance organization to provide a particular product See also * Contract of mandate, a contract of bailment of goods without reward, to be carried from place to place, or to have so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bashshit
Bashshayt (), also Beshshayt, was an Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine, Ramle Subdistrict, located southwest of Ramla about half a mile from wadi Bashshit. Archaeological artifacts from the village attest to habitation in the Palestine (region)#Islamic period (630–1918 CE), Early Islamic period and 12th and 13th centuries. Mentioned by Arab geographers from the 13th century onward, there was a tomb for the ''Neby Shayt'' ("prophet Seth") in the village. Like much of the rest of Palestine (region), Palestine, Bashshayt was ruled by the Crusades, Crusaders, Mamluks, Ottoman Empire, Ottomans and the Mandatory Palestine, British. It was depopulated at the beginning of the 1948 Palestine war during Operation Barak. Along with the villages of Barqa, Gaza, Barqa, Bayt Daras, al-Batani al-Sharqi, and al-Maghar, among others, Bashshayt was attacked by Haganah's Givati Brigade.Khalidi, 1992, p.85 Following its depopulation, Bashshayt was mostly destroyed. There ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayr Muhaysin
Dayr Muhaysin (, ) was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located 12 km southeast of Ramla and 4 km west of Latrun. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine war. History It has been suggested by the PEF's '' Survey of Western Palestine'' that Dayr Muhaysin was one of the Crusader villages which was given by the 12th century King Baldwin V as a fief to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p11/ref> Ottoman era In 1838, it was noted as a Muslim village in the southern part of the Er-Ramleh area.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p.120/ref> In 1863, Victor Guérin found a village of some twenty half destroyed and deserted houses, under a large mimosa tree. The village was mentioned in an official Ottoman village list from around 1870, showing it had 10 houses and a population of 29, though the population count included men only. In 1883, the "Survey of Western Palestine" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayr Ayyub
Dayr Ayyub () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 6, 1948 by the Givati and Sheva' brigades of Operation Nachshon. It was located 17.5 km southeast of Ramla, situated close to Bab al-Wad. On attack, the village was defended by the Jordanian Army but was mostly destroyed with the exception of a few houses and the village cemetery. History To the northwest of the village site is an area which, according to village belief, contained the tomb of the prophet Ayyub, the Biblical Job. Archaeological remains, which attest to major agricultural activity have been found, dating from the Late Hellenistic and the beginning of the Early Roman periods (first century BCE–first century CE). Ottoman era A census by the Ottomans in 1596 registered the village as belonging to the ''nahiya'' (subdistrict) of Ramla, part of Gaza Sanjak, and with a recorded population of 17 Muslim hou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayr Abu Salama
Dayr Abu Salama (Arabic: دير ابو سلامة) was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located 8 km northeast of Ramla. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 13, 1948, in the first phase of Operation Dani. History Late Ottoman period In 1882 the PEF's '' Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) noted at Deir Abu Salameh: "Foundations, heaps of stones, and a few pillar shafts." By the beginning of the 20th century, residents from neighbouring Ni'lin settled the site, establishing it as a dependency – or satellite village – of their home village. British Mandate In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, ''Dair Abu Salameh'' had a population of 30 inhabitants; all Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramleh, p 22/ref> In the 1945 statistics, it had a population of 60 Muslims with 1,195 dunams of land. Of this, 41 dunams were either irrigated or used for orchards, 695 us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniyal
Daniyal () was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict that was located 5 km east of Ramla and southeast of Lydda. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948, by the Yiftach Brigade under the first phase of Operation Dani, as part of the broader 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight and Nakba. History In 1838, Edward Robinson stopped by the village well, west of the village. He estimated the depth of the well to be 160 feet. The villagers were Muslim, and the village was noted as being in the Lydda District. It was populated by residents from Rafat, Jerusalem who established it as a dependency - or satellite village - of their home village. In 1863, Victor Guérin noted: "a small mosque situated on a height; it contains the tomb of a saint, called ''Neby Danyal''. Some olive trees and a palm tree surround it. Near there is a village of about forty houses, also called ''Danyal''. I observed there, not far from the dwellings, a consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khirbat Al-Buwayra
Khirbat al-Buwayra was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 15, 1948, under the second phase of Operation Dani. It was located 15 km southeast of Ramla. History By the beginning of the 20th century, residents from Qatanna settled Khirbat al-Buwayra, establishing it as a dependency – or satellite village – of their home village. In the 1931 census ''El Buweiyiri'' had 101 Muslim inhabitants, in a total of 17 houses.Mills, 1932, p19/ref> In the 1945 statistics, it had a population of 190 Muslims and 1,150 dunums of land. Of this, 31 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards, 316 dunums were used for cereals, while 803 dunams were classified as non-cultivable areas.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p 165 The center of the village contained many wells and the village has a khirba with the foundation of a bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Burj, Ramle
Al-Burj () was a Palestinian people, Palestinian Arab village 14 km east of Ramle close to the highway to Ramallah, which was depopulated in 1948. Its name, "the tower", is believed to be derived from the crusader castle, Castle Arnold, built on the site. Victorian visitors in the 19th century recorded seeing crusader ruins close to the village. Etymology The name "al-Burj" is of Arabic Etymology, origin, and means "The tower". The names refers to the site's Crusader keep. History A Byzantine Empire, Byzantine lintel was found in the village in the 1870s, with "a Greek cross inscribed in a circle, and having its four arms ornamented with curious facet-work."Clermont-Ganneau, 1896, ARP II, p 98/ref> Crusader era Charles Simon Clermont-Ganneau, Charles Clearmont Ganneau suggested al-Burj as the site of the Castellum Arnoldi, near Beit Nuba, 'in primes auspices campestrum,' built in 1131 A.D. by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, to protect the approach to that city (William of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bir Salim
Bir Salim () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 9, 1948, by the Givati Brigade. It was located 4 km west of Ramla. History In the 1945 statistics, the village had a population of 410 Muslims, while the total land area was 3,401 dunams, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 742 dunums of village land was used for citrus and banana A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large treelike herbaceous flowering plants in the genus '' Musa''. In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing the ...s, 510 dunums were irrigated or used for plantations, 1,468 dunums were for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.114/ref> while 681 dunams were classified as no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bir Ma'in
Bir Ma'in (Arabic: بير اماعين/ماعين) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 15, 1948 during the second phase of Operation Danny by the First and Second Battalions of the Yiftach Brigade. It was located 14 km east of Ramla. The village was defended by the Jordanian Army. Etymology Bi’r Māʽīn is an Arabic toponym meaning “The well of Maʽīn”. The personal name Ma'in is recorded in the toponymy of southern Judea and southern Philistia, and considered the name of one of Jacob’s sons. The crusaders recorded the name as. Bermenayn. Foundation legend In 1873, Clermont-Ganneau noted down the foundation legend of Bir Ma'in. He was told that the village mosque was consecrated to its founder, Neby Ma'in, son of Jacob (which may be identical to Benjamin). He was buried in a cave nearby. When he died, his five sisters hurried to Bir Ma'in from Jiser Benat Ya'kub ('Jacob Daugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayt Susin
Bayt Susin () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located southeast of Ramla. In 1945, it had 210 inhabitants. The village was depopulated during the 1948 war by the Israeli 7th Brigade. Geography Situated on a hilltop on the southern slopes of a mountainous area, Bayt Susin overlooked a wide area to its south and west. Below the village, two ''wadis'', streaming from the slopes, met. The village stood near a network of roads that led to many urban centers and was linked by a secondary road to the Jaffa-Jerusalem Highway.Khalidi, 1992, p.368. History Surrounding Bayt Susin were the ruins of a wall and cemeteries, cut stones, the foundations of houses, cisterns, and a basin. The Crusaders referred to the village as "Bezezin". Ottoman era While under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, in 1596, Bayt Susin was under the administration of the ''nahiya'' ("subdistrict") of Ramla, part of the Sanjak of Gaza, with a population of 50 household ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayt Shanna
Bayt Shanna was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 15, 1948, during the second stage of Operation Dani. It was located 11.5 km southeast of Ramla. Etymology Bayt šannā /Bēt šanna/ is an Aramaic place-name, which means "House of the Rock" (šn’). A rarely documented variant in 16th century endowment deeds reads Bayt al-šunnāra /Bēt iš-šunnāra/ 3 "the place of the cat (or ‘of the partridge’)". History Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here. Ottoman era Bayt Shanna was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine. In 1552, Bayt Shanna was an inhabited village. Haseki Hürrem Sultan, the favourite wife of Suleiman the Magnificent, endowed the tax revenues of Bayt Shanna to her Haseki Sultan Imaret in Jerusalem. Administratively, the village belonged to the Sub-district of Ramla in the District of Gaza. In 1596, it app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
