Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 21, 1948
Distance from district center	16 (km) West of Jerusalem
Elevation from the sea	475 (meters)
Map location	See location number #28 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation ha-Har
Israeli attacking brigade	Har'el Brigade
Village defenders	Egyptian Muslim Brotherhoods, Jordanian Army, and some ALA and local Palestinian militia.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Deir al-Sheikh was mostly destroyed and defaced with the exception of few houses including the village shrine which is being used as tourist attraction by Israelis.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Dayr al-Shaykh inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 1,366 Jewish 0 Public 5,415 Total 6,781
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 291 Area planted w/ olives 400 Planted W/ Cereal 1,025 Built up 8 Cultivable 1,316 Non-Cultivable 5,457
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 113 19th century 400 1922 99 1931 155 1945 220 1948 255 Est. Refugees 1998 1,567
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 26 1948 42
Religious institutions	Deir al-Sheikh had two mosques, one with a large dome to the east, and a rock-cut tomb was to the southwest.
Shrines/maqams	A maqam and mosque for al-Shaykh Sultan Badr.
Nearby wadies & rivers	Deir al-Sheikh overlooks Wadi al-Sarar to the northeast.
Archeological sites	The villages contains the remnants of walls and columns, foundations, cisterns, burial grounds, and presses.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Nes Harim occupies some of the village lands.
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More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
One of the few village buildings that remain is the maqam (shrine) of al-Shaykh Sultan Badr, a white structure with two domes, arched entrances, and a courtyard; it is now an Israeli tourist site. Stone rubble west of the shrine is covered with wild grass