Khirbat Al-Lawz
خربة اللوز | |
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![]() Map of Khirbat Al-Lawz-area, 1870s | |
Etymology: the ruin of the almond [1] | |
A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Al-Lawz (click the buttons) | |
Location within
Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°46′04″N 35°06′41″E / 31.76778°N 35.11139°E | |
Palestine grid | 160/130 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
Date of depopulation | July 13, 1948 |
Area | |
• Total | 4,502 dunams (4.502 km2 or 1.738 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 450 [2] [3] |
Khirbat Al-Lawz was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 13, 1948, by the Har'el Brigade of Operation Dani. It was located 11 km west of Jerusalem, situated north of Wadi al-Sarar.
In 1838, Khirbet el-Lauz was noted as a Muslim village, part of Beni Hasan area, located west of Jerusalem. [4]
In 1863, Victor Guérin found it to be a hamlet of eighty inhabitants, most of them shepherds. [5]
Socin found from an official Ottoman village list from about 1870 that chirbet el-loz had a population of 83, with a total of 38 houses, though the population count included men, only. [6] Hartmann found that chirbet el-loz had 30 houses. [7]
In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Khurbet el Loz as "a village of moderate size on the slope of a high ridge near the summit. It has a sort of terrace below it, and stands some 800 feet (240 meters) above the southern valley. There are rock-cut tombs at the place." [8]
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kherbet al-Ley had a population of 234 Muslims, [9] increasing in the 1931 census to 315 Muslims, in 67 houses. [10]
In the 1945 statistics, the village had a population of 450 Muslims, [2] while the total land area was 4,502 dunams, according to an official land and population survey. [3] Of this, 728 were used for plantations and irrigable land, 693 for cereals, [11] while 13 dunams were classified as built-up areas. [12]
Khirbat al-Lawz had a shrine dedicated to a local sage known as al-Shaykh Salama. [13]
During the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, the village held out against Jewish attack until mid-1948, when the inhabitants left after observing the fall of nearby Suba. [14] In May 1950, the village site was settled by a group of Yemenite Jews, but they moved to Even Sapir in the following year. [14]
In 1992 the village site was described: "Grass and thorns grow among the stone rubble and terraces all across the site, as well as almond, fig, and carob trees. A thick forest of cypress and fir trees has been planted around the site. South of it, in the forest, is a well surrounded by several almond and fig trees. The forest is dedicated to the memory of Moshe Dayan, the Israeli general." [13]
Khirbat Al-Lawz
خربة اللوز | |
---|---|
![]() Map of Khirbat Al-Lawz-area, 1870s | |
Etymology: the ruin of the almond [1] | |
A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Al-Lawz (click the buttons) | |
Location within
Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°46′04″N 35°06′41″E / 31.76778°N 35.11139°E | |
Palestine grid | 160/130 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
Date of depopulation | July 13, 1948 |
Area | |
• Total | 4,502 dunams (4.502 km2 or 1.738 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 450 [2] [3] |
Khirbat Al-Lawz was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 13, 1948, by the Har'el Brigade of Operation Dani. It was located 11 km west of Jerusalem, situated north of Wadi al-Sarar.
In 1838, Khirbet el-Lauz was noted as a Muslim village, part of Beni Hasan area, located west of Jerusalem. [4]
In 1863, Victor Guérin found it to be a hamlet of eighty inhabitants, most of them shepherds. [5]
Socin found from an official Ottoman village list from about 1870 that chirbet el-loz had a population of 83, with a total of 38 houses, though the population count included men, only. [6] Hartmann found that chirbet el-loz had 30 houses. [7]
In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Khurbet el Loz as "a village of moderate size on the slope of a high ridge near the summit. It has a sort of terrace below it, and stands some 800 feet (240 meters) above the southern valley. There are rock-cut tombs at the place." [8]
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kherbet al-Ley had a population of 234 Muslims, [9] increasing in the 1931 census to 315 Muslims, in 67 houses. [10]
In the 1945 statistics, the village had a population of 450 Muslims, [2] while the total land area was 4,502 dunams, according to an official land and population survey. [3] Of this, 728 were used for plantations and irrigable land, 693 for cereals, [11] while 13 dunams were classified as built-up areas. [12]
Khirbat al-Lawz had a shrine dedicated to a local sage known as al-Shaykh Salama. [13]
During the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, the village held out against Jewish attack until mid-1948, when the inhabitants left after observing the fall of nearby Suba. [14] In May 1950, the village site was settled by a group of Yemenite Jews, but they moved to Even Sapir in the following year. [14]
In 1992 the village site was described: "Grass and thorns grow among the stone rubble and terraces all across the site, as well as almond, fig, and carob trees. A thick forest of cypress and fir trees has been planted around the site. South of it, in the forest, is a well surrounded by several almond and fig trees. The forest is dedicated to the memory of Moshe Dayan, the Israeli general." [13]