Tabsur (Khirbat 'Azzun)
(تبصر(خربة عزون Tabsar, Khirbet 'Azzun | |
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Village | |
Etymology: from personal name [1] | |
Location within
Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°11′38″N 34°52′44″E / 32.19389°N 34.87889°E | |
Palestine grid | 138/177 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Tulkarm |
Date of depopulation | 3 April 1948 [2] |
Area | |
• Total | 5,328 dunams (5.328 km2 or 2.057 sq mi) |
Cause of evacuation | Expulsion by the Jewish Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Ra'anana [3] and Batzra [3] |
Tabsur ( Arabic: تبصر), also Khirbat 'Azzun ( Arabic: خربة عزون), was a Palestinian village located 19 kilometres southwest of Tulkarm. In 1931, the village had 218 houses and an elementary school for boys. [3] Its Palestinian population was expelled during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. [4]
The site of Tabsur contained archaeological remains, including the foundations of a building, a well, fragments of mosaic pavement, and tombs. [3]
.In the 1860s, the Ottoman authorities granted ' Azzun an agricultural plot of land in the former confines of the Forest of Arsur (Ar. Al-Ghaba) in the coastal plain, west of the village. [5] [6] Residents of 'Azzun then repopulated the archaeological site of Tabsur. [7]
In the late nineteenth century, Tabsur was described as a moderate-sized hamlet with a well to the north. [8] It was later classified as a hamlet by the Palestine Index Gazetteer. [7]
During the British Mandate an elementary school for boys was established in the village. The village also had a few shops. [3]
In the 1922 census of Palestine there were 709 villagers; 700 Muslims and 9 Christians, [9] (where the Christians were all Orthodox, [10]) increasing in 1931 census to 994; 980 Muslims and 14 Christians, in 218 houses. [11]
In the 1944/45 statistics, a total of 1,602 dunums were allocated to cereals, while 24 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. [12] [13] [14] 29 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) area. [15]
The Arabs of Tabsur were ordered to leave by the Haganah on 3 April 1948, as part of Haganas policy of clearing out the Arab villages on the coastal plain. [16] The villagers left on 16 April 1948. [16]
Ra'anana was established south of Tabsur in 1921. Now a city, some of its suburbs have expanded into land that once belonged to the village. Batzra, founded in 1946 on village land, lies to the north. [3]
In 1992, the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi wrote: "The village has been completely covered with Israeli citrus orchards, making it difficult to distinguish from the surrounding lands. Citrus and cypress trees grow on the village land." [3]
The estimated number of Palestinian refugees from Tabsur in 1998 was 2,406. [4]
Tabsur (Khirbat 'Azzun)
(تبصر(خربة عزون Tabsar, Khirbet 'Azzun | |
---|---|
Village | |
Etymology: from personal name [1] | |
Location within
Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°11′38″N 34°52′44″E / 32.19389°N 34.87889°E | |
Palestine grid | 138/177 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Tulkarm |
Date of depopulation | 3 April 1948 [2] |
Area | |
• Total | 5,328 dunams (5.328 km2 or 2.057 sq mi) |
Cause of evacuation | Expulsion by the Jewish Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Ra'anana [3] and Batzra [3] |
Tabsur ( Arabic: تبصر), also Khirbat 'Azzun ( Arabic: خربة عزون), was a Palestinian village located 19 kilometres southwest of Tulkarm. In 1931, the village had 218 houses and an elementary school for boys. [3] Its Palestinian population was expelled during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. [4]
The site of Tabsur contained archaeological remains, including the foundations of a building, a well, fragments of mosaic pavement, and tombs. [3]
.In the 1860s, the Ottoman authorities granted ' Azzun an agricultural plot of land in the former confines of the Forest of Arsur (Ar. Al-Ghaba) in the coastal plain, west of the village. [5] [6] Residents of 'Azzun then repopulated the archaeological site of Tabsur. [7]
In the late nineteenth century, Tabsur was described as a moderate-sized hamlet with a well to the north. [8] It was later classified as a hamlet by the Palestine Index Gazetteer. [7]
During the British Mandate an elementary school for boys was established in the village. The village also had a few shops. [3]
In the 1922 census of Palestine there were 709 villagers; 700 Muslims and 9 Christians, [9] (where the Christians were all Orthodox, [10]) increasing in 1931 census to 994; 980 Muslims and 14 Christians, in 218 houses. [11]
In the 1944/45 statistics, a total of 1,602 dunums were allocated to cereals, while 24 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. [12] [13] [14] 29 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) area. [15]
The Arabs of Tabsur were ordered to leave by the Haganah on 3 April 1948, as part of Haganas policy of clearing out the Arab villages on the coastal plain. [16] The villagers left on 16 April 1948. [16]
Ra'anana was established south of Tabsur in 1921. Now a city, some of its suburbs have expanded into land that once belonged to the village. Batzra, founded in 1946 on village land, lies to the north. [3]
In 1992, the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi wrote: "The village has been completely covered with Israeli citrus orchards, making it difficult to distinguish from the surrounding lands. Citrus and cypress trees grow on the village land." [3]
The estimated number of Palestinian refugees from Tabsur in 1998 was 2,406. [4]