Nasir ad-Din, Palestine
Nasir ad-Din
نصر الدين Nasr ad-Din, Nasir al-Din | ||
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Village | ||
Etymology: from personal name[1] | ||
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Geopolitical entity Mandatory Palestine | | |
Subdistrict | Tiberias | |
Date of depopulation | 12 and 23 April 1948[2] | |
Area | ||
• Total | 4,185 dunams (4.185 km2 or 1.616 sq mi) | |
Population | ||
• Total | 90 | |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces | |
Secondary cause | Influence of nearby town's fall | |
Tertiary cause | Fear of being caught up in the fighting | |
Current Localities | Residential areas of Tiberias |
Nasir ad-Dīn (
History
Archeological excavations has shown that the place was inhabited in the Hellenistic era, and that a major settlement was here during the Roman era, in 2nd to 4th century CE.[7]
Nasir ad-Din is named after a shrine dedicated to Nasir ad-Din, an
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Nasir al Din had a population of 109, all Muslims,[8] increasing in the 1931 census to 179, still all Muslims, in 35 houses.[5]
During the British Mandate in Palestine, most of Nasir ad-Din's houses were scattered north–south, with no particular village plan. The inhabitants worked in agriculture and animal breeding.[6]
In the 1944/1945 statistics the population consisted of 90 Muslims,[4] and together with the people of Al-Manara they had 4,185 dunams of land.[3] Of this, 4,172 dunams of land were used for cereals,[9] while 13 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) area.[10]
1948 War
On April 12, 1948, the 12th battalion of
References
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 131
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #97. Also gives causes of depopulation.
- ^ a b c Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 72
- ^ a b Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 12
- ^ a b Mills, 1932, p. 84
- ^ a b c Khalidi, 1992, p. 534
- ^ Abu-‘Uqsa, 2008, Tiberias, Khirbat Nasir ed-Din East
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Tiberias, p. 39
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 123
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 173
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. 183
- ^ Morris, 1987, p. xv, 71. Quoted in Khalidi, 1992, p. 534
Bibliography
- Abu-‘Uqsa, Hanaa (2008-08-10). "Tiberias, Khirbat Nasir ed-Din East" (120). Hadashot Arkheologiyot – Excavations and Surveys in Israel.
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(help) - Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- 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.
- 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 Nasir-al-Din
- Nasir al-Din, Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 6: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Nasir al-Din, from Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre