Al-Mas'udiyya Explained

Al-Mas'udiyya
Native Name:المسعوديّة/صميل
Native Name Lang:ar
Other Name:Summayl
Etymology:Summeil, personal name, from "hard", or "withered"[1]
Pushpin Map:Mandatory Palestine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Mandatory Palestine
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:32.0853°N 34.7817°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:129/165
Subdivision Type:Geopolitical entity
Subdivision Name:Mandatory Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name1:Jaffa
Established Title1:Date of depopulation
Established Date1:December 25, 1947[2]
Established Title2:Repopulated dates
Population As Of:1945
Population Total:850[3] [4]
Blank Name Sec1:Cause(s) of depopulation
Blank Info Sec1:Fear of being caught up in the fighting
Blank3 Name Sec1:Current Localities
Blank3 Info Sec1:part of Tel Aviv[5]

Al-Mas'udiyya (also known as Summayl), was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on December 25, 1947. It was located 5 km northeast of Jaffa, situated 1.5 km south of the al-'Awja River. The village used to be known as Summayl.

History

In 1799, it was noted as an unnamed village on the map that Pierre Jacotin compiled that year.[6]

An Ottoman village list from about 1870 showed that Samwil had 23 houses and a population of 62, though the population count included men, only. It was noted as a Bedouin camp, 4,5 km north of Jaffa centre, and 1 km from the sea.[7] [8]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Summeil as an ordinary adobe village,[9] which had a large well, and a cave.[10]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Mas'udiyeh had a population of 443; 437 Muslims and 6 Christians,[11] (where the Christians all belonged to the Templar community),[12] increasing in the 1931 census to 658; 654 Muslim and 4 Christians, in a total of 127 houses.[13]

On 20 December 1942, Al-Mas'udiyya was annexed into Tel Aviv as part of a municipal border expansion.[14]

In the 1945 statistics, the village had a population of 850; 830 Muslims and 20 Christians.[3] [4]

Al-Mas'udiyya had an elementary school founded in 1931, and in 1945 it had 31 students.[5]

1948, aftermath

In 1992, the village site was described: "The area is part of Tel Aviv. All that remains of the village is one deserted house that belonged to Muhammad Baydas. Cactuses, castor-oil (ricinus) plants, and palm and cypress trees further mark the site. Nearby is the al-Mas'udiyya (or Summayl) bridge – an arched, steel structure."[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 219
  2. Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #205. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  3. Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 27
  4. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 52
  5. Khalidi, 1992, p. 249
  6. Karmon, 1960, p. 161
  7. Socin, 1879, p. 160
  8. Hartmann, 1883, p. 137 also noted 23 houses
  9. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 254
  10. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 275
  11. Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Jaffa, p. 20
  12. Barron, 1923, Table XIV, p. 46
  13. Mills, 1932, p. 14
  14. Web site: ⁨תליאביב גדלה־ ב6300 דונם ⁩ | ⁨הארץ⁩ | 28 דצמבר 1942 | אוסף העיתונות | הספרייה הלאומית .

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