Al-Wayziyya ( ar, الويزية) was a
Palestinian village in the
Safad Subdistrict, located south east of
Yarda
Yarda is a village situated in Tanout Department, Zinder Region, Niger
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1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 1, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of
Operation Yiftach. It was located 8.5 km northeast of
Safad.
In 1945, the village had a population of 100. A shrine for a local sage known as al-Shaykh al-Wayzi was located in the village.
History
The majority of the villagers were
Bedouin
The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu (; , singular ) are nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia. The Bedouin originated in the Syrian Desert and A ...
farmers.
[Khalidi, 1992, p. 503] A shrine for Shaykh al-Wayzi and a quarry were located nearby.
British Mandate era
In the
1922 census of Palestine
The 1922 census of Palestine was the first census carried out by the authorities of the British Mandate of Palestine, on 23 October 1922.
The reported population was 757,182, including the military and persons of foreign nationality. The divisi ...
conducted by the
British Mandate authorities, ''Wazia'' had a population of 30, all Muslim.
[Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Safad, p]
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In the 1945 statistics the population was 100 Muslims,[ with a total of 6,361 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.][ Of this, Arabs used 795 dunums for plantations or irrigable land, 1,623 for cereals; while a total of 2,114 dunams was classified as uncultivable.][Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p]
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1948, aftermath
During the 1948 war, nearby Mughr al-Khayt
Mughr al-Khayt was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 2, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 4.5 km ...
was struck by mortars on 2 May, while villages to the north were evacuated earlier because of the threat of the oncoming war.Israeli
Israeli may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel
* Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel
* Modern Hebrew, a language
* ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008
* Guni Israeli ...
settlements on village lands and the shrine of Shaykh al-Wayzi is the only remaining landmark.
References
Bibliography
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External links
Welcome to al-Wayziyyaal-Wayziyya
at Zochrot
*Survey of Western Palestine, map 4
IAAWikimedia commons
at Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
Al-Wayziyya
Dr. Khalil Rizk.
{{Palestinian Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War
Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
District of Safad