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| al-Mazar District of Jinin المزار - אל-מזאר Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 30, 1948
Distance from district center
9 (km) Northeast of Jinin
Elevation from the sea
400 (meters)
Map location
See location number #5 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Gidion
Israeli attacking brigade
Fourth Battalion of the Golani Brigade
Village defenders
Yarmuk Battalion of Arab Liberation Army volunteers, and some local Palestinian militia and Iraqi Army.
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by Israelisal-Mazar was completely obliterated and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Mazar inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
14,472
Jewish
0
Public
29
Total
14,501
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
229
Area planted w/ olives
68
Planted W/ Cereal
5,221
Built up
9
Cultivable
5,450
Non-Cultivable
9,042
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
223
1931
257
1945
270
1948
313
Est. Refugees 1998
1,923
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
62
1948
75
Town's name through history
The village may have been named after the burial places for many of those who were killed during the decisive battle of 'Ayn Jalut (1260), in which the Mamluks of Egypt triumphed over the Mongols.
Inhabitants place of origin
The villagers traced their origins to al-Sa'diyyun nomads who in turn were descended from al-Shaykh Sa'd al-Din al-Shaybani (d. 1224), a prominent Sufi mystic from the village of Jaba' in the Golan Heights, Syria.
Notable people from town
al-Mazar was the home of al-Shaykh Farhan al-Sa'di, a prominent leader of the 1936 Palestinian rebellion against the British Mandate.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Perazon, Meytav, and Gan Nir.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The site is overgrown with thorns and cactuses and strewn with stone rubble. None of the village houses or landmarks remains. Almond trees and cactuses grow on parts of the village lands. The hilly lands are used as grazing areas, and other parts are covered with forest
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