Al-Buwayziyya

Coordinates: 33°09′32″N 35°34′13″E / 33.15889°N 35.57028°E / 33.15889; 35.57028
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Al-Buwayziyya
البويزية والميس
Buweiziya,[1]
Village
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Geopolitical entity
Mandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulationMay 11, 1948[1]
Area
[3]
 • Total14,620 dunams (14.62 km2 or 5.64 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total510[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall

Al-Buwayziyya (

Safad
.

In the

Muslims.[2][3]
The village had elementary school for boys which was founded in 1937.

History

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Buaizia had a population of 276, all Muslims,[4] increasing in the 1931 census to 318, still all Muslims, in a total of 75 houses.[5]

The population were mostly engaged in agriculture and mainly grew citrus fruits, grains and vegetables.[6] In 1944/45 it had a total of 14,620 dunum of land,[3] of which 2,770 dunums was allocated to cereal farming, 56 dunums was used for irrigation and orchards,[7] while 17 dunams were classified as urban (built-up) land.[8]

1948, aftermath

The village was attacked by Israeli forces on 11 May 1948 as part of Operation Yiftach which depopulated eastern Galilee. According to Israeli historian Benny Morris, al-Buwayziyya’s residents fled when they learned that the neighboring village of al-Khalisa, 5 km to the north, had succumbed to Jewish forces and as a result the village had been evacuated after the Haganah declined the villagers’ request for conditional permission to stay.[6]

In 1992, the village site was described: "On the site where al-Buwayziyya once stood are remains of destroyed houses, a few walls and terraces, and the (intact) concrete roof of one house. The flat portion of the surrounding lands are used by Israelis for agriculture; the more hilly lands serve as pasture."[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #18. Also gives cause of depopulation
  2. ^ a b Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 9
  3. ^ a b c d Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 69 Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Safad, p. 42
  5. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 105
  6. ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p.442
  7. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 118
  8. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 168
  9. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p.443

Bibliography

  • Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
  • Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
  • Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center. Archived from the original on 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  • ISBN 0-88728-224-5
    .
  • Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
  • ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6
    .

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