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Jaffa Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine
The Jaffa Subdistrict was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was located around the city of Jaffa. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the district was converted almost in entirely to the Tel Aviv District in Israel. Depopulated towns and villages * al-'Abbasiyya * Abu Kishk * Bayt Dajan * Biyar 'Adas * Fajja * al-Haram * Ijlil al-Qibliyya * Ijlil al-Shamaliyya * al-Jammasin al-Gharbi * al-Jammasin al-Sharqi * Jarisha * Kafr 'Ana * al-Khayriyya * al-Mas'udiyya * al-Mirr * al-Muwaylih * Rantiya * al-Safiriyya * Salama * Saqiya * al-Sawalima * al-Shaykh Muwannis * Yazur Yazur ( ar, يازور, he, יאזור) was a Palestinian Arab town located east of Jaffa. Mentioned in 7th century BCE Assyrian texts, the village was a site of contestation between Muslims and Crusaders in the 12th-13th centuries. During th ... Subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine {{Mandate-Palestine-stub ... [...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 (after shave), British after shave 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), 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 some act performed abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Jammasin Al-Sharqi
Al-Jammasin al-Sharqi was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War on March 17, 1948. It was located 9 km northeast of Jaffa. History Al-Jammasin's inhabitants were known to be descendants of nomads from the Jordan Valley. In 1596, a Jammasin (Masra'at Hasana) tribe appear in the Ottoman census, located in the ''Nahiya'' of Bani Sa'b of the ''Liwa'' of Nablus, paying taxes on goats, beehives and water buffalos. Khalidi writes that judging from the absence of taxes on any crops, this ''Masra'at'' (farm) probably specialised in short-distance herding and semi-nomadic tasks. The tribe was known to have settled in the area by the 18th century. British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the tribal area of Jammasin had a population of 200 Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Jaffa, p 20/ref> while in the 1931 census ''Jammasin esh-Sharqiya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yazur
Yazur ( ar, يازور, he, יאזור) was a Palestinian Arab town located east of Jaffa. Mentioned in 7th century BCE Assyrian texts, the village was a site of contestation between Muslims and Crusaders in the 12th-13th centuries. During the Fatimid period in Palestine, a number of important people were born in Yazur. In modern times the town was the birthplace of Ahmed Jibril, the founder and current head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC). The Israeli town of Azor now stands on the former town lands of Yazur, which was depopulated and mostly destroyed during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. History Iron Age The village is mentioned in the annals of the Assyrian ruler Sennacherib (704 – 681 BCE) as ''Azuro''. Fatimid, Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk eras The Arab geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi (1179–1229) described Yazur as a small town that was the birthplace of several important figures during the Fatimid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Shaykh Muwannis
Al-Shaykh Muwannis ( ar, الشيخ مونّس), also Sheikh Munis, was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located approximately 8.5 kilometers from the center of Jaffa city in territory earmarked for Jewish statehood under the UN Partition Plan. The village was abandoned in March 1948 due to the threats of Jewish militias, two months before the 1948 Arab–Israeli war. Today, Tel Aviv University lies on part of the village land. History According to local legend, the village was named for a local religious figure, al-Shaykh Muwannis, whose maqam was in the village. Ottoman era During the Ottoman era, Pierre Jacotin named the village ''Dahr'' on his map from 1799. Al-Shaykh Muwannis was noted in December 1821, as being "located on a hill surrounded by muddy land that was flooded with water despite the moderate winter". In 1856 the village was named ''Sheikh Muennis'' on Kiepert's map of Palestine published that year. In 1870, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Sawalima
Al-Sawalima was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 30, 1948. It was located 11 km northeast of Jaffa, situated 2 km north of the al-'Awja River. History In 1882 the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' noted at ''Khurbet es Sualimiyeh'': “Traces of ruins only.“ British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, ''Sawalmeh'' had a population of 70 Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Jaffa, p 20/ref> increasing in the 1931 census when ''Es-Sawalmeh'' had 429 Muslim inhabitants.Mills, 1932, p 17/ref> In the 1945 statistics, the village had a population of 800 Muslims, while the total land area was 5,942 dunams, according to an official land and population survey. Of the land area, a total of 894 were used for growing citrus and banana, 191 were for plantations and irrigable land, 4,566 for cereals, while 291 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saqiya
Saqiya ( ar, ساقِية, the Arabic name of a mechanical water lifting device) was a village in Palestine ( Jaffa district) away from Jaffa, depopulated in 1948. Location The village was located east of Jaffa, above sea level, on uneven land in the central coastal plain. A number of paved roads passing through or near the village allowed them to easy access to Ludd and Jaffa, Tel Aviv, as well as the villages adjacent to it. History Ottoman era In 1596, under Ottoman rule, Saqiya was a village in the ''nahiya'' of Ramla, part of Sanjak Gaza, with a population of 49 households, an estimated 270 people, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, fruit and sesame, as well as on other types of property, such as goats, beehives and vineyards; a total of 14,300 akçe. 10/24 parts of the revenue went to a Waqf. The Syrian Sufi teacher and traveller Mustafa al-Bakri al-Siddiqi (1688-1748/9), who toured the region in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salama, Jaffa
Salamah ( ar, سلمة) was a Palestinian Arab village, located five kilometers east of Jaffa, that was depopulated in the lead-up to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The town was named for Salama Abu Hashim, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His tomb, two village schools, and ten houses from among the over 800 houses that had made up the village, are all that remain of the structures of the former village today.Khalidi, 1992, pp. 254-5 The historic road from Jaffa to the village is now a street on the border of Tel Aviv and Jaffa, still commonly called "Salameh road". History Ottoman era In 1596, under Ottoman rule, Salamah was a village in the ''nahiya'' of Ramla (''liwa'' of Gaza), with a population of 17 Muslim households, an estimated 94 persons. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 25 % on agricultural products, including wheat and barley, as well as on other types of property, such as goats and beehives; a total of 1,000 Akçe. An Ottoman village list of about 1870 showe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Safiriyya
Al-Safiriyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during Operation Hametz in the 1948 Palestine War on May 20, 1948. It was located 11 km east of Jaffa, 1.5 km west of Ben Gurion Airport. Starting in 1949, the ruins of the site were overbuilt by the Israeli town of Kfar Chabad. History Khirbat Subtara is one of the notable khirbat in the area. al-Safiriyya was known to the Byzantines and Crusaders as ''Sapharea'' or ''Saphyria''. ''Hani Al-Kindi'', an early Muslim scholar and acetic, was buried in Al-Safiriyya. The Umayyad caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (717– 720) had offered him the Governorship of Palestine, but Al-Kindi had declined it. Ottoman era Al-Safiriyya was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the tax registers under the name of ''Safiriyya'', as being in the ''nahiya'' ("subdistrict") of Ramla, which was under the administration of the '' liwa'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rantiya
Rantiya ( ar, رنتيّة, known to the Romans as Rantia and to the Crusaders as Rentie) was a Palestinian village, located 16 kilometers east of Jaffa. During the British Mandate in Palestine, in 1945 it had a population of 590 inhabitants. Those inhabitants became refugees after a 10 July 1948 assault by Israeli forces from the Palmach's Eighth Armored Brigade and the Third Infantry Battalion of the Alexandroni Brigade during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.Khalidi, 1992. p. 252 Of the over 100 houses that made up the village, only three remain standing today. The Jewish localities of Mazor, Nofekh, and Rinatia are located on Rantiya's former lands. History The village was situated on a low mound on an ancient site. During the Crusader era the village was known as ''Rentie'', ''Rantia'', or ''Rentia''.Pringle, 1997, p 90/ref> In 1122 the tithes of the village were granted to the hospital of the church of St John at Nablus. In 1166, the tithes were granted to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Muwaylih
Al-Muwaylih ( ar, المويْلح, ''El Muweilih'') was a Palestinian village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War. History British Mandate era In the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities ''Malalha'' had 37 Muslim inhabitants.Mills, 1932, p17/ref> In the 1945 statistics the population numbered 360 Muslims, who had a total of 3,342 dunams of land. Of this, 949 dunums were planted with citrus and bananas, 27 dunums were plantations and irrigable land, 1,796 were for cereals, while a total of 194 dunams were classified as non-cultivable areas.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p146/ref> 1948, aftermath Neve Yarak is located, partly on Al-Muwaylih land, and partly on land formerly belonging to Jaljuliya. By 1992, it was described: "The site is very difficult to identify. Some of the houses still stand, deserted, amidst wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Mirr
Al-Mirr, also named Mahmudiyeh ("the property of Mahmud"), was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict, which was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on February 1, 1948. Location The village was located northeast of Jaffa, on the southern bank of the al-'Awja river. A short, secondary track linked it to the railway line running between Ras al-Ayn and Petah Tikva. History A mill and dam built at this site in late Roman/early Byzantine period were repaired in Crusader times. The mill was mentioned in Crusader sources in 1158/9 C.E.Röhricht, 1893, RR No 330 cited in Pringle, 1997, p72/ref> Excavations of the mill have recovered several 14th-century coins, which indicate that it was in use in the Mamluk period. Ottoman era The modern village was founded during the reign of the Mahmud II (1808–39), the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and was also known as "Al Mahmudiyya".Khalidi, 1992, p.250. In 1856 the village was named ''el Mir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Mas'udiyya
Al-Mas'udiyya (also known as ''Summayl''), was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on December 25, 1947. It was located 5 km northeast of Jaffa, situated 1.5 km south of the al-'Awja River. The village used to be known as Summayl. History In 1799, it was noted as an unnamed village on the map that Pierre Jacotin compiled that year. An Ottoman village list from about 1870 showed that ''Samwil'' had 23 houses and a population of 62, though the population count included men, only. It was noted as a Bedouin camp, 4,5 km north of Jaffa centre, and 1 km from the sea.Socin, 1879, p160/ref> In 1882, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described Summeil as an ordinary adobe village, which had a large well, and a cave.Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 275/ref> British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
