Khiyam al-Walid

Coordinates: 33°08′39″N 35°39′14″E / 33.14417°N 35.65389°E / 33.14417; 35.65389
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Khiyam al-Walid
خيام الوليد
Village
Khiyam al-Walid was located on the eastern edge of the Hula Valley
Khiyam al-Walid was located on the eastern edge of the Hula Valley
Etymology: "the tents of al-Walid"
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Geopolitical entity
Mandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulationMay 1, 1948[3]
Area
 • Total4,215 dunams (4.215 km2 or 1.627 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total280[1][2]
Cause(s) of depopulationFear of being caught up in the fighting
Current LocalitiesLehavot HaBashan[4]

Khiyam al-Walid (

1948 Palestine War.[4]

History

The name of the village in

Arabic is translated as "the tents of al-Walid", which may refer to the Arab Muslim commander Khalid ibn al-Walid (d. 642).[4] According to local tradition, a shrine and the tomb of the sage Shaykh ibn al-Walid was located in the village mosque.[4]

British Mandate era

In the 1931 census of Palestine the population of Khiyam al-Walid was 181, all Muslims, in a total of 42 houses.[5]

Khiyam al Walid was classified as a hamlet by the Palestine Index Gazeteer. During the

Jewish-owned.[4]

Types of land use in dunams in the village in the 1945 statistics:[6][7]

Land Usage Arab Jewish
Irrigated and plantation 153 2,599
Cereal 0 502
Cultivable 153 3,101
Urban
Non-cultivable 8 800

The land ownership of the village before occupation in dunams:[2]

Owner Dunams
Arab 161
Jewish 3,901
Public 153
Total 4,215
Khiyam al-Walid 1945
Lehavot HaBashan under construction on Khiyam al-Walid land 1945

1948, aftermath

According to an Israeli military report in June 1948, the residents fled on May 1 in anticipation of an attack by Israeli forces. It was occupied by the end of may in Operation Yiftach.[8]

Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi wrote of the remains of the village in 1992, saying "The site is deserted and overgrown with grass and thorns. There are a few carob trees, piles of stones, and crumbled terraces."[4]

References

  1. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 10
  2. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, Village Statistics, 1945. PLO Research Center, 1970, p.70
  3. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #22. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Khalidi, 1992, p.466.
  5. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 107
  6. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 119
  7. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 169
  8. ^ Morris, 2004, pp. 132 note #542 on 160; 249 note #686 on 302

Bibliography

  • Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
  • 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.
  • ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6
    .

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