Khirbat Sa'sa'
Khirbat Sa'sa'
خربة سعْسع | ||
|---|---|---|
Village | ||
| Etymology: Kh. Sảsả, the ruin of Sảsả [1] | ||
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Geopolitical entity Mandatory Palestine | | |
| Subdistrict | Haifa | |
| Date of depopulation | April 28, 1948 | |
| Population (1945) | ||
| • Total | 130[2] | |
Khirbat Sa'sa' was a
1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 28, 1948. It was located 15 km east of Haifa
.
History
The Romans referred to the village as Kefar Sasai.[3]
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine found at Kh. Sasa: "caves and foundations".[4]
British Mandate era
In the
Shefa-'Amr suburbs, together with 9 other villages, and together they had a total of 1197 inhabitants, all Muslim, in 234 houses.[5]
In the
Post 1948
In 1992 the village site was described: "Cactuses and fig trees can be found scattered about the site. There are a number of partially collapsed stone walls, one with a large arched opening. The surrounding lands are used as a grazing area."[10] Village ruins include building foundations, tombs, and cisterns.[3]
References
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 112
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 189
- ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 190
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 318
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 95
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 15
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 49
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 92
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 142
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 190
Bibliography
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- 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.
External links
- Welcome To Sa'sa', Khirbat
- Khirbat Sa'sa', Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 5: IAA, Wikimedia commons
