Al-Muzayri'a
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| Arabic | المُزيرعة |
| Name meaning | El Mezeirảh, The sown lands[1] |
| Also spelled | al-Muzeiri'a |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Coordinates | 32°02′56.89″N 34°56′58.39″E / 32.0491361°N 34.9495528°ECoordinates: 32°02′56.89″N 34°56′58.39″E / 32.0491361°N 34.9495528°E |
| Palestine grid | 145/161 |
| Population | 1,160[2] (1945) |
| Area | 10,822[2] dunams |
| Date of depopulation | 12 July 1948[3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Mazor[4][5] Nechalim[5] |
Al-Muzayri'a (Arabic: المُزيرعة) was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated in 1948.
Location
Al-Muzayri'a was located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) north-northeast of al-Ramla, on limestone hill, overlooking the coastal plain. A wadi ran along its southern part, and separated it from the village of Qula. The village was about 1 km east of the al-Ramla-Haifa railway line. It was also located to the east of the al-Ramla-Jaffa highway.[5]
History
The location has a long history of habitation. A Roman mausoleum, still standing, (about 1 km south of the village site) was converted into a mosque dedicated to a prophet, al-Nabi Yahya ("the Prophet John"). About 1 km northeast of the village was Khirbat Zikhrin, a Roman-Byzantine site that was inhabited during Mamluk and Ottoman periods. The place has been excavated since 1982.[5]
In 1596, Al-Muzayri'a was part of the Ottoman Empire, nahiya (subdistrict) of Jabel Qubal under the liwa' (district) of Nablus with a population of thirty-nine. It paid taxes on a number of crops, including wheat, barley, and olives, as well as goats, and beehives.[6]
The village was possibly abandoned during the 17th century, only to be reoccupied in the 18th century by a family from Dayr Ghassana, named al-Rumayh.[5] A. Mansell mentioned passing the village in the early 1860s.[7]
The French explorer Victor Guérin passed by in 1870, and described the village as sitting on a stony hill, he noted that its houses appeared small.[8]
In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described it as "an adobe village on the edge of the hills, near Qula."[9]_
British Mandate era
In 1919, a school for boys was founded in the village. By 1945, it had become a full-fledged elementary school, with 207 students, including children of the neighboring villages. 35 dunums of land was attached to the school. A school for girls was founded in 1945, and had an initial enrollment of 78 students.[5]
In 1944/45, the village had a population of 1,160. A total of 953 dunums of village land was used for citrus and bananas, 5,895 dunums were used for cereals, and 35 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards.[5][10]
1948 and aftermath
Al-Muzayri'a was located in the territory allotted to the Arab state under the 1947 UN Partition Plan.[11]
The Israeli settlement of Nechalim was founded in 1949 on the northwestern part of village land. The settlement of Mazor was founded the same year on the western part of village land.[5]
The Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, described the place in 1992: "The site is largely forested. While a few houses remain, most have been reduced to rubble. Cacti and stone terraces are visible on the site."[5]
See also
- List of Arab towns and villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian exodus
- Palestinian cultural club
- Mazor Mausoleum
Footnotes
- ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 239
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 67
- ↑ Morris, Benny, (second edition 2004 third printing 2006) The Birth Of The Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-00967-7 p xvi village 210
- ↑ Morris, Benny, (second edition 2004 third printing 2006) The Birth Of The Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-00967-7 p xx village 98
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Khalidi, 1992, p. 399
- ↑ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 136. Quoted in Khalidi, 1992, p. 399
- ↑ Mansell, 1863, p.39. Cited in Khalidi, 1992, p.399
- ↑ Guérin, 1875, p. 390
- ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 297
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 116
- ↑ "Map of UN Partition Plan". United Nations. Archived from the original on 7 August 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-06.
Bibliography
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- ‘Ad, Uzi (2008-10-05). "El‘ad (Mazor) Final Report" (120). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel.
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Dagan, Yehuda (2006-08-02). "Mazor (East) Final Report" (118). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel.
- Guérin, Victor (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Hillel, Gili (2008-12-04). "Mazor (El‘ad) Final Report" (120). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
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External links
- Welcome To al-Muzayri'a
- SWP map XIV, IAA
- SWP map 14, Wikimedia commons
- al-Muzayri'a from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
- Al-Muzer3a from Dr. Moslih Kanaaneh
