Aqqur
Aqqur | |
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![]() ![]() Aqqur | |
Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
Coordinates | 31°45′29.60″N 35°04′56.20″E / 31.7582222°N 35.0822778°ECoordinates: 31°45′29.60″N 35°04′56.20″E / 31.7582222°N 35.0822778°E |
Palestine grid | 157/129 |
Population | 40 (1945) |
Area | 5,522 dunams |
Date of depopulation | July 13–14, 1948[1] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Aqqur was a Palestinian Arab hamlet in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 13, 1948 under Operation Dani. It was located 14.5 km west of Jerusalem on the Wadi Isma'il, a tributary of the Wadi al-Sarar.
A British anthropologist, writing in 1932, reported that there was a group of Sidr trees north east of the village believed to be protected by spirits.[2]
In 1945, it had a population of 40. 'Aqqur had a maqam for a local sage known as al-Shaykh Ahmad Sulayman.
References
- ↑ Morris, 2004, p. xx, village #352. Also gives cause of depopulation
- ↑ Crowfoot, M. Grace with Louise Baldenserger (1932) From Cedar to Hyssop. A study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. The Sheldon Press, London. p.112
Bibliography
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
External links
- Welcome To 'Aqqur
- 'Aqqur, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
- 'Aqqur Palestine Family.net
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