Al-Mirr
Al-Mirr
المرّ / المحمودية Molendina desubter Mirabellum | ||
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Etymology: "The passage".[1] | ||
Geopolitical entity Mandatory Palestine | | |
Subdistrict | Jaffa | |
Date of depopulation | February or March, 1948[4] | |
Area | ||
• Total | 51 dunams (5.1 ha or 13 acres) | |
Population (1945) | ||
• Total | 170[2][3] | |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
Al-Mirr, also named Mahmudiyeh ("the property of Mahmud"),
Location
The village was located 16.5 kilometers (10.3 mi) northeast of
History
A
Excavations of the mill have recovered several 14th-century coins, which indicate that it was in use in the
Ottoman era
The modern village was founded during the reign of the Mahmud II (1808–39), the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, and was also known as "Al Mahmudiyya".[5] In 1856 the village was named el Mir on Kiepert's map of Palestine published that year.[8]
In 1870
The PEF's Survey of Western Palestine in 1882 described al-Mirr as "a small mud village, with mills close to the river."[12]
British Mandate era
During the
In the 1945 statistics the population numbered 170 Muslims,[2] who worked in agriculture and with transportation. Cultivated lands in the village in 1944-45 included 2 dunums planted with citrus and bananas, and 31 dunums planted with cereals.[5][15] 2 dunams were classified as built-up areas.[16]
1948, and aftermath
Before the outbreak of the
The remains of a Turkish bridge lies where the village was.[5]
Andrew Petersen, an archaeologist specializing in
See also
References
- ^ a b Palmer, 1881, p.216
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 27
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 52
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #199. Also gives cause of depopulation
- ^ a b c d e f Khalidi, 1992, p.250.
- ^ Röhricht, 1893, RRH No 330; cited in Pringle, 1997, p. 72
- ^ Shkolnik, 1994, p32. Cited in Petersen, 2001, p. 222
- ^ Kiepert, 1856, Map of Southern Palestine
- ^ Guérin, 1875, p. 371
- ^ Socin, 1879, p. 157
- ^ Hartmann, 1883, p. 137, noted 26 houses
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, II:252
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Jaffa, p. 20
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 14
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 96
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 146
- ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. 129
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 250, citing The New York Times, 13.05.1948 and 13.05.1948. The NYT statement is based on British Army statement, which, according to Khalidi, incorrectly refers to the village of Antipatris
- ^ a b Petersen, 2001, p. 222-223
Bibliography
- Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Clermont-Ganneau, C.S. (1895). Études d'archéologie orientale (in French). Paris: E. Bouillon. (pp. 192−196: "Les Trois−Ponts, Jorgilia")
- 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.
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945.
- Guérin, V. (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 2: Samarie, 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 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
- Hartmann, M. (1883). "Die Ortschaftenliste des Liwa Jerusalem in dem türkischen Staatskalender für Syrien auf das Jahr 1288 der Flucht (1871)". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. 6: 102–149.
- ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- ISBN 0-521-00967-7.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- 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.
- Petersen, Andrew (2001). A Gazetteer of Buildings in Muslim Palestine (British Academy Monographs in Archaeology). Vol. 1. ISBN 978-0-19-727011-0.
- ISBN 0521-46010-7.
- Röhricht, R. (1893). (RRH) Regesta regni Hierosolymitani (MXCVII-MCCXCI) (in Latin). Berlin: Libraria Academica Wageriana.
- Shkolnik, Y. (1994); Urban River, EGMI, 34, March–April, pp. 16–34, 71. Cited in Petersen, 2001.
- Socin, A. (1879). "Alphabetisches Verzeichniss von Ortschaften des Paschalik Jerusalem". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. 2: 135–163.
External links
- Welcome To al-Mirr
- al-Mirr (Mahmudiya), Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 13: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Al-Mirr, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center