Dayr Abu Salama
| Dayr Abu Salama | |
|---|---|
  Dayr Abu Salama | |
| Arabic | دير أبو سلمه |
| Name meaning | the monastery of Abu Selâmeh[1] |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Coordinates | 31°56′57″N 34°57′25″E / 31.94917°N 34.95694°ECoordinates: 31°56′57″N 34°57′25″E / 31.94917°N 34.95694°E |
| Palestine grid | 146/150 |
| Population | 60[2][3] (1945) |
| Area | 1,195[3] dunams |
| Date of depopulation | July 13, 1948[4] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Dayr Abu Salama was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located 8 km northeast of Ramla. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 13, 1948 in the first phase of Operation Dani.
History
In 1882 the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) noted at Deir Abu Salameh: "Foundations, heaps of stones, and a few pillar shafts."[5]
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Dair Abu Salameh had a population of 30 inhabitants; all Muslims,[6]
In 1944/45, it had a population of 60 Muslims[2] with 1,195 dunams of land.[3] Of this, 41 dunams were either irrigated or used for orchards, 695 used for cereals,[7] while 459 dunams were classified as non-cultivableareas.[8]
A shrine for a local sage known as al-Shaykh Abu Salama is also located in the village.[9]
1948, aftermath
Dayr Abu Salama was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 13, 1948 in the first phase of Operation Dani.[4]
References
- ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 228
- 1 2 Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
- 1 2 3 Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 66
- 1 2 Morris, 2004, p. xix village #228. Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 310
- ↑ Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramleh, p. 22
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 114
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 164
- ↑ Khalidi, 1992, p. 374
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.
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- 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.
- 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.
External links
- Welcome To Dayr Abu Salama
- Dayr Abu Salama, Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
