Al-Sammu'i

Al-Sammu'i
Al-Sammu'i
Arabic السموعي
Also spelled Sammu'i[1]
Subdistrict Safad
Coordinates 32°57′29″N 35°27′11″E / 32.95806°N 35.45306°E / 32.95806; 35.45306Coordinates: 32°57′29″N 35°27′11″E / 32.95806°N 35.45306°E / 32.95806; 35.45306
Palestine grid 192/262
Population 310[2][3] (1945)
Area 15,135[3] dunams
Date of depopulation May 12, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation Influence of nearby town's fall

Al-Sammu'i (Arabic: السموعي) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948 under Operation Hiram. It was located 4 km west of Safad. Today, Kfar Shamai and Amirim are built on the site of the old village.

In 1945, the village had a population of 310.[2] Al-Sammu'i had a mosque and a shrine for a local sage known as al-Shaykh Muhammad al-'Ajami.

Al-Sammu'i 1946

References

  1. 1 2 Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #57. Also gives cause of depopulation
  2. 1 2 Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 11
  3. 1 2 Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 71

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