Yajur, Haifa

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Yajur

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Yajur
Arabic ياجور
Subdistrict Haifa
Coordinates 32°45′30.6″N 35°03′26.3″E / 32.758500°N 35.057306°E / 32.758500; 35.057306Coordinates: 32°45′30.6″N 35°03′26.3″E / 32.758500°N 35.057306°E / 32.758500; 35.057306
Population 610 (1945[1])
Area 2,720 dunams
Date of depopulation April 25, 1948[2]
Cause(s) of depopulation Military assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary cause Influence of nearby town's fall

Yajur (Arabic: ياجور, Yâjûr) was a Palestinian Arab village located 9.5 km southeast of Haifa.

Yajur was mentioned as part of the domain of the Crusaders during the hudna between the Crusaders based in Acre and the Mamluk sultan Al Mansur Qalawun declared in 1283.[3]

In 1921, some of the land of Yajur was sold by Nasrallah Kuri to Yehoshua Hankin. The village population in 1945 was 610. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 25, 1948.

Fragments of glass, and tombs with sarcophagi are located in the old village area today.

References

  1. Hadawi, 1970, p. 49. Also gives land area in dunams.
  2. Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #143. Also gives causes of depopulation.
  3. Dan Barag (1979). "A new source concerning the ultimate borders of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem". Israel Exploration Journal 29. pp. 197–217. 

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