Al-Zuq al-Tahtani explained

Al-Zuq al-Tahtani
Native Name:الزوق التحتاني
Native Name Lang:ar
Settlement Type:Village
Etymology:the lower Zuk (Zuk is a Syriac word meaning "town", or "village")[1]
Pushpin Map:Mandatory Palestine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Mandatory Palestine
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:33.215°N 35.6011°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:205/291
Subdivision Type:Geopolitical entity
Subdivision Name:Mandatory Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name1:Safad
Established Title1:Date of depopulation
Established Date1:May 11, 1948[2]
Established Title2:Repopulated dates
Unit Pref:dunam
Area Total Dunam:11,634
Population As Of:1948
Population Total:1,050[3] [4]
Blank Name Sec1:Cause(s) of depopulation
Blank Info Sec1:Influence of nearby town's fall
Blank3 Name Sec1:Current Localities
Blank3 Info Sec1:Beyt Hillel[5]

Al-Zuq al-Tahtani was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 11, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 30 km northeast of Safad.

History

In 1875, Victor Guérin noted it south of Al-Zuq al-Fawqani, but with lesser important ruins.[6] In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Zuk et Tahta: "Stone and mud village, with ruined Arab houses on north side, and a mill; contains about 100 Moslems; situated on the Huleh Plain; arable land around, and a large stream near".[7]

British Mandate era

In the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Al-Zuq al-Tahtani had a population of 626 Muslims, in a total of 137 houses.[8]

In the 1945 statistics, the village had a total population of 1,050 Muslims,[3] with a total of 11,634 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[4] Of this, Arabs used 5,547 for plantations and irrigable land, 2,145 dunums were for cereals;[9] while a 39 dunams were classified as built-up, urban areas.[10]

1948, aftermath

It became depopulated on May 11, 1948,[2] in the aftermath of Operation Broom.[11]

In 1950 the re-established Beyt Hillel was expanded to include Al-Zuq al-Tahtani land.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 38
  2. Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #9. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  3. Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 11
  4. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.71
  5. Khalidi, 1992, p. 510
  6. Guérin, 1880, p. 534
  7. Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 90
  8. Mills, 1932, p. 111
  9. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 121
  10. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 171
  11. Morris, 2004, pp. 250-251

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