Aqqur

Aqqur عقور
Etymology: barren[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Aqqur (click the buttons)
Geopolitical entity		Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jerusalem
Date of depopulation	July 13–14, 1948[4]
Area [3]
• Total	5,522 dunams (5.522 km2 or 2.132 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	40[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces

Aqqur was a

History

Aqqur is not mentioned in 16th century records, and was likely first settled in a later period.^[5]

In 1838, in the

An Ottoman village list of about 1870 showed that Aqqur had 38 houses and a population of 140, though the population count included men, only.[9]^[10]

In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Akur: "A small village on the ledge of the ridge, surrounded by very rugged ground. There is a good spring on the north east, about a mile from the village, on the same ridge."^[11]

In 1896 the population of 'Akur was estimated to be about 132 persons.^[12]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Aqur had a population 25, all Muslims,^[13] while in the 1931 census, it was counted with Ras Abu 'Ammar and Ein Hubin, and together they had a population of 488 Muslims, in 106 houses.^[14]

A British

'Aqqur had a maqam for a local sage known as al-Shaykh Ahmad Sulayman.[18]

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  Aqqur, Mandate survey, 1:20,000
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  Aqqur, 1945, 1:20,000
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  Aqqur remains, 2023
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  The forest planted on Aqqur remains, 2023

1948, aftermath

The village was depopulated July 13–14, 1948^[4] by Harel Brigade units. There had been fighting around the village since April, and many people had fled. Those who remained were expelled.^[19][20]

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