Ajanjul Explained

Ajanjul
Native Name:عجنجول
Native Name Lang:ar
Other Name:'Ajanjul, Ajenjul[1]
Etymology:Kh. Junjul: The ruin of Junjul[2]
Pushpin Map:Mandatory Palestine
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:31.8714°N 35.0239°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:152/142
Subdivision Type:Geopolitical entity
Subdivision Name:Mandatory Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name1:Ramle
Established Title1:Date of depopulation
Established Title2:Repopulated dates
Unit Pref:dunam
Blank Name Sec1:Cause(s) of depopulation

Ajanjul (Arabic: عجنجول, Ajanjǔl) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine.

Etymology

The name /ʽglgwl/ is of Aramaic extraction, meaning a "small calf".[3]

History

The Abu Ghosh family took up residence in Ajanjul in the 18th century. The village is described as a place "from where they (the Abu Ghosh) controlled the Valley of Ayalon, including the important village of Bayt Liqya".[4]

In 1838, it was noted as a place "in ruins or deserted."[1]

In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine found at Kh. Junjul: "traces of ruins".[5]

By the beginning of the 20th century, residents from Beit 'Anan settled the site, establishing it as a dependency – or satellite village – of their home village.[6]

British Mandate era

According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Ajanjul had a population of 19, in 5 houses.[7]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Beit Nuba and Ajanjul was 1,240, all Muslims,[8] while the total land area was 11,401 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[9] Of this, 1,002 dunams were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 6,997 for cereals,[10] while 74 dunams were classified as built-up areas.[11]

There is no record of what happened to the villagers in 1948.[12]

1948, aftermath

In 1992 the village site was described: ”The stone debris of houses, concentrated in a small spot and overgrown with wild vegetation, are all that remains of the village. Fig, almond, and mulberry trees also grow on and around the site. On the southern side of the village there is a rocky structure containing two graves; southwest of it lies the village cemetery, where two stone graves are visible. The area is closed and is located along the 1967 border between Jordan and Israel."[13]

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Notes and References

  1. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 120
  2. Palmer, 1881, p. 307
  3. Marom . Roy . Zadok . Ran . 2023 . Early-Ottoman Palestinian Toponymy: A Linguistic Analysis of the (Micro-)Toponyms in Haseki Sultan’s Endowment Deed (1552) . Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins . en . 139 . 2.
  4. Kark and Oren-Nordheim, 2001, pp. 230, 276
  5. Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 116
  6. 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 . 123.
  7. Mills, 1932, p. 18
  8. Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
  9. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 66
  10. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 114
  11. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 164
  12. Khalidi, 1992, p. 359
  13. Khalidi, 1992, p. 359

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