Al-Mansura, Ramle Explained

See El Mansurah (disambiguation) for other sites with similar names.

Al-Mansura
Settlement Type:Village
Etymology:Building[1]
Pushpin Map:Mandatory Palestine
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:31.8378°N 34.8572°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:136/138
Subdivision Type:Geopolitical entity
Subdivision Name:Mandatory Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name1:Ramle
Established Title1:Date of depopulation
Established Date1:April 20, 1948[2]
Established Title2:Repopulated dates
Unit Pref:dunam
Area Total Dunam:2,328
Population As Of:1945
Population Total:90[3] [4]
Blank Name Sec1:Cause(s) of depopulation
Blank Info Sec1:Military assault by Yishuv forces

Al-Mansura was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located 10 km south of Ramla. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 20, 1948, under Operation Barak.

History

In 1838, it was noted as a small Muslim village in the Er-Ramleh District.[5] [6]

In 1863, Victor Guérin passed by, and noted a spring by the village.[7]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted it as an adobe village of "moderate size."[8]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Mansura had a population of 31, all Muslims,[9] increasing in the 1931 census to 61, still all Muslims, in a total of 14 houses.[10]

In the 1945 statistics, the village had a population of 90, all Muslim,[3] and the total land area was 2,328 dunums.[4] Of this, Arabs used 2,113 dunums for cereals,[11] while 3 dunams were classified as built-up urban areas.[12]

1948, aftermath

Al-Mansura was depopulated on April 20, 1948, after a military assault.[2] [13] [14]

In 1992 it was described: "The site is planted with sycamore trees and there are also cactuses growing on it. The surrounding land is cultivated by the settlers of Mazkeret Batya, this settlement was founded [] on land belonging to Aqir."[15]

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Notes and References

  1. Palmer, 1881, pp. 9, 272
  2. Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #260. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  3. Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 30
  4. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 67
  5. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 120
  6. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 21
  7. Guérin, 1869, pp. 34-35
  8. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 408
  9. Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramleh, p. 21
  10. Mills, 1932, p. 21
  11. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 116
  12. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 166
  13. Morris, 2004, p. 125 note #455, p. 157
  14. Morris, 2004, p. 240 note #581, p. 295
  15. Khalidi, 1992, p. 398

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