Al-Jiyya
al-Jiyya
الجية al-Jeya, al-Jiya, Ed-Deir, Ejjeh | ||
|---|---|---|
Village | ||
| Etymology: "water collector"[1][2] | ||
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Geopolitical entity Mandatory Palestine | | |
| Subdistrict | Gaza | |
| Date of depopulation | November 4–5, 1948[5] | |
| Area | ||
• Total | 8,506[4] dunams (8.5 km2 or 3.3 sq mi) | |
| Population (1945) | ||
• Total | 1,230[3][4] | |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces | |
| Current Localities | Beit Shikma,[6] Ge'a[7][8] | |
al-Jiyya (
Giv'ati Brigade on 4 November 1948 during Operation Yoav
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History
The village was situated on a sandy spot, surrounded by hills, on the
wadis descended around it and it was periodically subjected to flooding. This, perhaps, explains its name, which means "water collector" in Arabic.[1][9] The village has been identified with a town referred to in the Crusader records as "Algie".[1]
Among the archaeological remains found in al-Jiyya were a stone column and the remains of a Roman mill.[1]
Ottoman era
During the
In 1838, Edward Robinson noted it under the name of Eljieh; located in the Gaza district.[11]
In 1863 the French explorer
Sebil, or drinking-fountain. Beside the road to the west are olive groves."[13]
British Mandate era
In the
Al-Jiyya's population had its own
Majdal.[17]
In the 1945 statistics El Jiya had a population of 1,230, all Muslims,[3] with a total of 8,506 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[4] Of this, a total of 189 dunums was used for citrus and bananas, while 8,004 dunumus were allocated to cereals and 26 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards,[1][18] while 45 dunams were built-up land.[19]
1948 War, and aftermath
The village was captured by
POW camp.[21]
Following the war the area was incorporated into the State of Israel. Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi stated in 1992 that there were no traces of the village remaining and that the residents of moshav Beit Shikma had planted cantaloupes on the land.[1]
See also
- Barid, Muslim postal network strengthened in Palestine during the Mamluk period (roads, bridges, khans); it passed through Jiyya
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Khalidi, 1992, p.114
- ^ but meaning "confusion" according to Palmer, 1881, p. 367
- ^ a b c Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
- ^ a b c Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #311; Also gives the cause for depopulation
- ^ In 1950, according to Khalidi, 1992, p.114
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xxi: settlement #60, 1949.
- ^ In 1949, according to Khalidi, 1992, p.114
- ^ but "confusion" according to Palmer, 1881, p. 367
- .
- ^ Robinson and Smith, vol 3, 2nd appendix, p. 118
- ^ Guérin, 1869, p. 173
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, pp. 259-260
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table V, Sub-district of Gaza, p. 8
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 4.
- ^ Hammad, ´Abd al-Qadir Ibrahim (1990): "Al-Jiyya." Al-Bayader Assiyasi, No. 398 (5 May 1990) p. 68. Cited in Khalidi, 1992, p.114
- ^ Hammad, cited in Khalidi, 1992, p.114
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 87
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 137
- ^ Coastal Plain District HQ to battalions 151 and ´1 Volunteers`, etc., 19:55 hours, 25 Nov. 1948, IDFA (=Israeli Defence Forces and Defence Ministry Archive) 6308\49\\141. Cited in Morris, 2004, p. 517
- ^ Coastal Plain HQ to Southern Front\Operations, 30 Nov. 1948, IDFA 1978\50\\1; and Southern Front\Operations to General Staff Divisions, 2. Dec. 1948, IDFA 922\75\\1025. Cited in Morris, 2004, p. 518
Bibliography
- Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Department of Statistics (April 1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945 (PDF). Government of Palestine.
- Guérin, V. (1869). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 1: Judee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- 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 8 December 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
- Karmon, Y. (1960). "An Analysis of Jacotin's Map of Palestine" (PDF). Israel Exploration Journal. 10 (3, 4): 155–173, 244–253. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- 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.
- 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.
- Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
External links
- al-Jiyya, PalestineRemembered.com,
- al-Jiyya, Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 20: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Jiyya, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
