Saydun
| Saydun | |
|---|---|
  Saydun | |
| Arabic | صيدون |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Coordinates | 31°50′28.2″N 34°54′17.5″E / 31.841167°N 34.904861°ECoordinates: 31°50′28.2″N 34°54′17.5″E / 31.841167°N 34.904861°E |
| Palestine grid | 141/138 |
| Population | 210 (1945) |
| Date of depopulation | not known [1] |
Saydun (Arabic: صيدون) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 6, 1948 during Operation Nachshon. It was located 9 km south of Ramla on the east bank of Wadi Saydun.
In 1945, it had a population of 210.
References
- ↑ Morris, 2004, p xix village #259. Gives both date and cause of depopulation as "Not known"
Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center
- 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
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.