Al-Tira, Baysan

Coordinates: 32°38′52″N 35°27′26″E / 32.64778°N 35.45722°E / 32.64778; 35.45722
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Al-Tira
الطيرة
Village
Etymology: "The Fort of Abu Amran"[1]
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Baysan
Date of depopulation15 April 1948[4]
Area
[3]
 • Total10,207 dunams (10.207 km2 or 3.941 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total150[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationWhispering campaign
Current LocalitiesGazit[5][6]

Al-Tira (

Baysan
overlooking Wadi al-Bira. However, 'Ayn al-Bayda' was the main source of drinking water for al-Tira inhabitants.

History

It has been suggested that this was Atara of the list of

Thothmes III.[7][8]

In 1517 al-Tra was incorporated into the

Jabal Nablus, Bilad al-Ruha/Ramot Menashe, and the northern part of the Sharon plain.[9][10]

In 1875, Victor Guérin climbed a small hill to reach the Al-Tira village. It consisted of about a dozen houses, built of adobe or assorted materials.[11] In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as: "A small village, principally of adobe, on a hill-top, above a deep gorge. The water appears to be brought from the springs in the valley."[8]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the Mandatory Palestine authorities, Tireh had a population of 130 Muslims,[12] decreasing in the 1931 census to 108, still all Muslims, in 24 houses.[13]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Et Tira and Irgun Borokhov was 200; 150 Arabs and 50 Jews, while the total land area was 10,207 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[2][3] Of this, Arabs used 54 dunums for plantations and irrigable land, 4,326 for cereals,[14] while 29 dunums were classified as built-up (urban) land.[15]

1948, aftermath

In his diary, Weitz wrote of the inhabitants of Qumya and Al-Tira in the Baysan valley on the 26 March 1948:

"Not taking upon themselves the responsibility of preventing the infiltration of irregulars ... They must be forced to leave their villages until peace comes.[16]

In order to block the return of the villagers,[17] the kibbutz Gazit was established on the land of village land in September 1948, 1.5 km southwest of the village site.[5][6]

In 1992 the village site was described: "The ruins of stone houses, covered with grass and thorns, are all that remain of al-Tira. The site is fenced in and servers Israeli farmers as pasture land. Cupress trees grow on surrounding land."[18]

References

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 170
  2. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 7
  3. ^ a b c Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 44
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #109. Also gives cause of depopulation
  5. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xxi, settlement #25.
  6. ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 63.
  7. ^ Conder, 1876, p. 146
  8. ^ a b Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 87
  9. ^ al-Bakhīt, Muḥammad ʻAdnān; al-Ḥamūd, Nūfān Rajā (1989). "Daftar mufaṣṣal nāḥiyat Marj Banī ʻĀmir wa-tawābiʻihā wa-lawāḥiqihā allatī kānat fī taṣarruf al-Amīr Ṭarah Bāy sanat 945 ah". www.worldcat.org. Amman: Jordanian University. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  10. S2CID 258602184.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  11. ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 139
  12. ^ Barron, 1923, Table IX, p. 31
  13. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 81
  14. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 85
  15. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 135
  16. ^ Morris, 2004, p. 132, note #538 on p. 160
  17. ^ Morris, 2004, p. 380
  18. ^ Khalidi, 1992, pp. 63-64

Bibliography

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