Khirbat al-Duhayriyya explained

Khirbat al-Duhayriyya
Native Name:خربة الظهيرية
Native Name Lang:ar
Settlement Type:Village
Etymology:The ruin of the ridge[1]
Pushpin Map:Mandatory Palestine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Mandatory Palestine
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:31.9461°N 34.9342°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:144/150
Subdivision Type:Geopolitical entity
Subdivision Name:Mandatory Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name1:Ramle
Established Title1:Date of depopulation
Established Date1:July 10, 1948[2]
Established Title2:Repopulated dates
Unit Pref:dunam
Area Total Dunam:1,341
Population As Of:1945
Population Total:100[3] [4]
Blank Name Sec1:Cause(s) of depopulation
Blank Info Sec1:Military assault by Yishuv forces

Khirbat al-Duhayriyya (Arabic: خربة الظهيرية) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 10, 1948, by the Givati Brigade under the first phase of Operation Dani. It was located 6 km northeast of Ramla.

History

In 1874 Clermont-Ganneau noted the site, called Kh. edh Dh'heiriyeh, located about half an hour east of Lydda.[5]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine found at Khurbet edh Dhaheriyeh: "Foundations of buildings, apparently modern. Ruined kubbeh."[6]

By the beginning of the 20th century, residents from neighbouring Ni'lin settled the site, establishing it as a dependency – or satellite village – of their home village.[7]

British Mandate era

At the time of the 1931 census, the village, called Ez Zuheiriya, had 10 occupied houses and a population of 69 inhabitants, all Muslims.[8]

In the 1945 statistics the village had a population of 100 Muslims.[3] The total land area was 1,341 dunams,[4] of this, a total of 1,224 dunums were used for cereals, 66 dunums were irrigated or used for plantations,[9] while 351 dunams were classified as non-cultivable areas.[10]

1948, aftermath

Khirbat al-Duhayriyya was depopulated on July 10, 1948.[2]

In 1992 the village site was described: "The walls of some ten houses still stand. Otherwise, the village has been reduces to piles of stone rubble interspersed with fig, doum palm, and almond trees, along with thickets of thorn and wild vegetation. The site is fenced in and serves as pasture for animals. Cactuses grow along the northern and southern sides of the site."[11]

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Notes and References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 215
  2. Morris, 2004, p. xix village No. 229. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  3. Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
  4. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 67
  5. Clermont-Ganneau, 1896, II, p. 99
  6. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 265
  7. Marom . Roy . Roy Marom . 2022 . Lydda Sub-District: Lydda and its countryside during the Ottoman period . Diospolis – City of God: Journal of the History, Archaeology and Heritage of Lod . 8 . 124.
  8. Mills, 1932, p. [//ia800304.us.archive.org/18/items/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas/PalestineCensus1931.pdf 24]
  9. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 115
  10. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 165
  11. Khalidi, 1992, p. 381

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