Khirbat Qumbaza
Khirbat Qumbaza | ||
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Etymology: Kumbazah, possibly from Persian for dome or cupola[1] | ||
Geopolitical entity Mandatory Palestine | | |
Subdistrict | Haifa | |
Date of depopulation | May 1948[3] | |
Population (1931) | ||
• Total | 2,160[2] | |
Current Localities | Kerem Maharal[4] |
Khirbat Qumbaza was a
History
One km to the southeast of the village site lay the maqam of Shaykh Quttayna, just below Khirbat Quttayna. Khirbat Quttayna has been identified by some scholars as the Canaanite place Kartah.[5]
In the 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Khirbat Qumbaza as "a small hamlet on high ground".[6]
British Mandate era
In the
1948 and aftermath
In July 1948, the IDF found hundreds of women, children and old people at Ijzim and nearby Khirbat Qumbaza. "More than 100" Arabs were reported killed, and about 100 militiamen were taken prisoners.[7] Following the war the area was incorporated into the State of Israel, and according to Walid Khalidi, writing in 1992, some of the village's land was used by the Israeli army as military training ground, while the moshav of Kerem Maharal was close to the old village site.[4]
References
Bibliography
- Abel, F.M. (1967) 1938. Geographie de la Palestine. Vol. 2 Geographie Politique (3 ed.). Paris.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Cited in Khalidi, 1992. - 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.
- 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.
External links
- Welcome To Qumbaza, Khirbat
- Khirbat Qumbaza, Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Qumbaza, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center