Dayr al-Qassi
Dayr al-Qassi
دير القاسي | ||
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Etymology: The convent of Wady el Kasy[3] | ||
Geopolitical entity Mandatory Palestine | | |
Subdistrict | Acre | |
Date of depopulation | 30 October 1948[1] | |
Area | ||
• Total | 34,011 dunams (34.0 km2 or 13.1 sq mi) | |
Population (1945) | ||
• Total | 1,250[4] | |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces | |
Current Localities | Mattat,[5] Elkosh,[5][6] Abirim,[5] Netu'a[5] |
Dayr al-Qassi or Deir el-Qasi (
Geography
The village was located 26 km northeast of the city of Acre, on a rocky hill about 5 km south of the
History
The first part of the village name, Dayr ("monastery") suggest that the village might have had a monastery and a Christian population. However, in modern times the population was
Ceramics from the late Roman and the Byzantine eras have been found here.[8]
In the
Remains from the
Ottoman era
Dayr al-Qassi was incorporated into the
In the early 18th century, Dayr al-Qassi was a fortified village controlled by a local
In 1838, Deir el-Kasy was noted as a Muslim village in the El Jebel district, located west of
Victor Guérin visited Dayr al-Qassi in 1875, and he estimated that the village had 350 Muslim inhabitants.[2] In 1881, Dayr al-Qassi was described in the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) as being situated on a ridge, encircled by fig trees, olive trees and arable land. It then had a population of about 200.[17]
A population list from about 1887 showed Deir el Kasy to have about 945 inhabitants, all Muslims.[18]
British Mandate period
At the time of the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate, Dair Wal Qasi had a population of 663, all Muslims,[19] increasing in the 1931 census, when Deir el Qasi had a population of 865, still all Muslims, living in a total of 169 houses.[20]
Later, Dayr al-Qassi was mostly Muslim but had a large
Israel
During the
However, in January, 1949, the
Elkosh was established in 1949, and occupies part of the village site. Netu'a, founded in 1966, Mattat, founded in 1979 and Abirim, founded in 1980, are also on village land. Netu'a is near the neighboring village of al-Mansura.[5]
The Palestinian historian, Walid Khalidi, described the remaining structures on the village land in 1992: "A few stone houses still are used as residences or warehouses by the inhabitants of Elqosh. The debris of destroyed houses is strewn over the site. The school building stands deserted. Fig and olive trees and cactuses grow on the site."[5] In 2004, some of the remains of the village were removed by mechanical equipment during excavations by the Israel Antiquities Authority.[29]
In 2000, a book about the village history was published by Ibrahim Khalil Uthman.[30]
Notable people
- Nabil Marouf, (ar) Palestinian Ambassador to Canada, born in Dayr al-Qassi in 1946.[31]
Galleryي
See also
- Depopulated Palestinian locations in Israel
Notes
- ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #63. Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ^ a b Guérin, 1880, p. 71
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 71
- ^ a b Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 4
- ^ a b c d e f g h Khalidi, 1992, p. 13
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xxii, settlement #182
- ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 12
- ^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 648
- ^ Strehlke, 1869, pp. 15-16, No. 16; cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, p. 125, No. 624; cited in Frankel, 1988, pp. 257, 264
- ^ Strehlke, 1869, pp. 43- 44, No. 53; cited in Röhricht, 1893, RRH, p. 248, No. 934; cited in Frankel, 1988, pp. 257, 264.
- ^ Lerer, 2011, Elqosh
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 177. Quoted in Khalidi, 1992, p. 12
- ^ Note that Rhode, 1979, p. 6 Archived 2019-04-20 at the Wayback Machine writes that the register that Hütteroth and Abdulfattah studied was not from 1595/6, but from 1548/9
- ^ Joudah, 1987, p. 24.
- ^ Joudah, 1987, p. 53.
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 3, 2nd appendix, p. 133
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p.197. Quoted in Khalidi, 1992, p. 12
- ^ Schumacher, 1888, p. 190
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Safad, p. 41
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 106.
- ^ Village Statistics April 1945, The Palestine Government Archived June 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, p. 2
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 40
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 80
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 130
- S2CID 159504045.
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. 394; note #332
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. 394; note #333
- ^ Morris, 2004, pp. 381-382; note #226
- ^ Braun, 2004, Elqosh Archive Report- Final Report Archived 2013-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Davis, 2011, p. 285
- ^ "Palestinian General Delegation in Canada". Archived from the original on 2021-05-15. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
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- Strehlke, E. [in German], ed. (1869). Tabulae Ordinis Theutonici ex tabularii regii Berolinensis codice potissimum. Berlin: Weidmanns.
- Uthman, Ibrahim Khalil. Dayr al-Qasi: Zanbaqa Khalil al-awsat al-gharbi. Tyre, Lebanon, n.p.
External links
- Palestine Remembered - Dayr al-Qasi
- Dayr al-Qasi, Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 4: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Dayr Al-Qasi from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
- Der al-Qasi, from Dr. Moslih Kanaaneh