Al-Mansi
Al-Mansi
المنسي 'Arab Baniha | ||
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Village | ||
Etymology: The forgotten[1] | ||
Geopolitical entity Mandatory Palestine | | |
Subdistrict | Haifa | |
Date of depopulation | 12–13 April 1948[4] | |
Area | ||
• Total | 12,272[2] dunams (12.3 km2 or 4.7 sq mi) | |
Population (1944/45) | ||
• Total | 1,200[2][3] | |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces | |
Current Localities | Midrakh Oz[5] |
Al-Mansi (
Geography
Al-Mansi is located on the western side of Marj Ibn 'Amer (
History
In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as "a small ruined village, with springs".[8]
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Al-Mansi had a population 72; 68 Muslims and 4 Christians,[9] where the Christians were Roman Catholics.[10] This had increased in the 1931 census to 467; 461 Muslims and 6 Christians, in a total of 98 houses.[11]
In the
1948 War and aftermath
On 9 April 1948,
According to Fawzi al-Qawuqji, the Arab Liberation Army forces withdrew to al-Mansi on 11 April, after a "violent" counter-attack.[17]
On 12 April, al-Mansi and other villages in its vicinity were attacked by
Following the war the area was incorporated into the State of Israel. The kibbutz of Midrakh Oz was built close to the village site in 1952, and uses part of the village's former lands. The Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi described the village in 1992: "The remains of the school and the mosque are still standing in the midst of a thick undergrowth composed of vines and thorny bushes. The exposed foundations of the village buildings, surrounded by stone rubble, can be seen throughout the site. The agricultural kibbutz of Midrakh Oz occupies part of the adjacent land. The rest is used for growing avocado trees and raising poultry and cattle."[5]
Some of the people of al-Mansi in Jordan formed a social club in
References
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 151
- ^ a b c d Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 48
- ^ a b Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 14
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village # 148
- ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 177
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- ^ The Atlas of Palestine 1948, Dr. Salman Abu Sitta
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP II, p. 67
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Haifa, p. 33
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table XVI, p.49
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 90
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 176-177
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 91
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 141
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. 346, 397, notes #28, 32
- ^ Filastin, 10.04.1948, cited in Khalidi, 1992, p. 177
- ^ al-Qawuqji, 1972, "Memoirs, 1948, Part I" Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, Quoted in Khalidi, 1992, p. 177
- ^ Morris, 2004, pp. 242; notes #603, 604
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. 242
- ^ المنسي (فلسطين , قضاء حيفا): إحدى القرى التي دمرتها إسرائيل عام 1948. تأليف إسماعيل محمود موسى محسن الجندي. دار النظم للنشر والتوزيع, عمان، اغسطس (آب) من سنة 2005
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. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- 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 8 December 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- 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.
- al-Qawuqji, F. (1972): Memoirs of al-Qawuqji, Fauzi in Journal of Palestine Studies
- "Memoirs, 1948, Part I" in 1, no. 4 (Sum. 72): 27-58., dpf-file, downloadable
- "Memoirs, 1948, Part II" in 2, no. 1 (Aut. 72): 3-33., dpf-file, downloadable
External links
- Welcome to al-Mansi Palestine Remembered.
- al-Mansi, Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Al-Mansi photos from Dr. Moslih Kanaaneh
- al-Mansi from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
- [1] Archived 20 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine Al-Jazeera.