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Kawfakha
Kawfakha' ( ar, كوفخة) was a Palestinian village located east of Gaza that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Location The village stood on a stretch of sandy, rolling land in the northern Negev. A network of secondary roads linked it to the highways between Gaza and Julis, which ran parallel to the coastal highway.Khalidi, 1992, p. 119 History Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here. Ottoman era In 1838, in the late Ottoman era, ''el-Kaufakhah'' was noted as a place "in ruins or deserted."Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p.119/ref> In 1882, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) noted at ''Khurbet el Kofkhah'': "a large site. Rubble cisterns, a marble capital, with acanthus leaves. Scattered stones and pottery." Kawfakwa was founded in the late nineteenth century by Gaza city residents who came to cultivate the surrounding land. In its center was a mosque that was well known in the region, built in the reign of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaufakha 1945
Kawfakha' ( ar, كوفخة) was a Palestinian village located east of Gaza that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Location The village stood on a stretch of sandy, rolling land in the northern Negev. A network of secondary roads linked it to the highways between Gaza and Julis, which ran parallel to the coastal highway.Khalidi, 1992, p. 119 History Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here. Ottoman era In 1838, in the late Ottoman era, ''el-Kaufakhah'' was noted as a place "in ruins or deserted."Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p.119/ref> In 1882, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) noted at ''Khurbet el Kofkhah'': "a large site. Rubble cisterns, a marble capital, with acanthus leaves. Scattered stones and pottery." Kawfakwa was founded in the late nineteenth century by Gaza city residents who came to cultivate the surrounding land. In its center was a mosque that was well known in the region, built in the reign of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
