Ayn al-Mansi explained

Ayn al-Mansi
Native Name:عين المنسي
Native Name Lang:ar
Other Name:'Ein al-Mansi
Image Caption:Ruins of Ayn al-Mansi, 2015
Etymology:el Mensi= "the forgotten"[1]
Pushpin Map:Mandatory Palestine
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:32.5933°N 35.1772°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:166/222
Subdivision Type:Geopolitical entity
Subdivision Name:Mandatory Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name1:Jenin
Established Title1:Date of depopulation
Established Date1:mid-April 1948[2]
Established Title2:Repopulated dates
Unit Pref:dunam
Area Total Dunam:1,295
Population As Of:1945[3] [4]
Population Total:90
Blank Name Sec1:Cause(s) of depopulation
Blank Info Sec1:Military assault by Yishuv forces

Ayn al-Mansi (ar|عين المنسي, Ein el Mansî) was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jenin of the Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated as a result of a military attack in mid-April during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine.[2]

History

During the 19th and first half of the 20th century, Ayn al-Mansi was one of the settlements of the so-called "Fahmawi Commonwealth" established by Hebronite clans belonging to Umm al-Fahm. The Commonwealth consisted of a network of interspersed communities connected by ties of kinship, and socially, economically and politically affiliated with Umm al Fahm. The Commonwealth dominated vast sections of Bilad al-Ruha/Ramot Menashe, Wadi 'Ara and Marj Ibn 'Amir/Jezreel Valley during that time.[5]

In the 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described El Mensi as: "A small ruined village, with springs."[6]

British Mandate era

In the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Ein el Mansi had 73 Muslim inhabitants, in a total of 15 houses.[7]

In addition to agriculture, residents practiced animal husbandry which formed was an important source of income for the town. In 1943, they owned 13 heads of cattle, 2 horses, 10 donkeys, 270 fowls, and 10 pigeons.[8]

In the 1945 Village Statistics, Ayn al-Mansi's population was estimated at 90 Muslims, and the jurisdiction of the village was 1,295 dunams of land. Of this, 186 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 868 dunams were used for cereals,[9] while 2 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[10]

1948 and aftermath

Ayn al-Mansi became depopulated after Military assault in mid-April 1948.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 151
  2. Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #386. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  3. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 16
  4. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 54 Also gives total land area in dunums.
  5. Marom . Roy . Tepper . Yotam . Adams . Matthew J. . 2024-01-03 . Al-Lajjun: a Social and geographic account of a Palestinian Village during the British Mandate Period . British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies . en . 8-11 . 10.1080/13530194.2023.2279340 . 1353-0194.
  6. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 67
  7. Mills, 1932, p. 68
  8. Marom . Roy . Tepper . Yotam . Adams . Matthew J. . 2024-01-03 . Al-Lajjun: a Social and geographic account of a Palestinian Village during the British Mandate Period . British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies . en . 20 . 10.1080/13530194.2023.2279340 . 1353-0194.
  9. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 98
  10. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 148

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