Mughallis
| Mughallis | |
|---|---|
  Mughallis | |
| Arabic | مٌغلّس |
| Subdistrict | Hebron |
| Coordinates | 31°43′45″N 34°52′57″E / 31.72917°N 34.88250°ECoordinates: 31°43′45″N 34°52′57″E / 31.72917°N 34.88250°E |
| Palestine grid | 139/126 |
| Population | 540 (1945) |
| Date of depopulation | July 9-10, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current localities | Gefen |
Mughallis (Arabic: مٌغلّس) was a Palestinian Arab village located 30.5 kilometers (19.0 mi) northwest of Hebron. In 1945, it had a population of 540.[2] It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War between July 9-10, 1948 as part of Operation An-Far.
References
- ↑ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #271. Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ↑ Hadawi, 1970, p. 50.
Bibliography
- 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. (p. 408 not online)
- Guérin, Victor (1869). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 1: Judee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. 21 May 1863: p. 98
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center
- 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.
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
- Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. p. 272
- Socin, A. (1879). "Alphabetisches Verzeichniss von Ortschaften des Paschalik Jerusalem". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins 2: 135–163. p. 157
External links
- Welcome To Mughallis
- SWP map 16, IAA
- SWP map 16, Wikimedia commons
- Mughallis, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
