Khirbat al-Mansura

Coordinates: 32°40′28″N 35°05′59″E / 32.67444°N 35.09972°E / 32.67444; 35.09972
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Khirbat Al-Mansura
خربة المنصورة
Village
Etymology: Jelamet el Mansûrah, the hill of Mansûreh[1]
1870s map
1940s map
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1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat al-Mansura (click the buttons)
Geopolitical entity
Mandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulationApril 28, 1948

Khirbat Al-Mansura was a

rock-cut tombs
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History

In 1863, the Victor Guérin described El Mansoura as a small Druze village.[3]

In the 1931 census of Palestine it was counted under Daliyat al-Karmel, together with Deir el Muhraqa.[4]

  • Israeli army camp at Mansura, 1948
    Israeli army camp at Mansura, 1948
  • Israeli army camp at Khirbet al-Mansura. 1948
    Israeli army camp at Khirbet al-Mansura. 1948

References

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 109
  2. ^ Khalidi, 1992, pp. 177-178
  3. ^ Guérin, 1875, p. 244
  4. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 89

Bibliography

  • Guérin, V. (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
  • ISBN 0-88728-224-5
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  • 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
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  • 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.
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