Al-Sammu'i Explained
| Al-Sammu'i |
| Native Name: | السموعي |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Other Name: | Sammu'i[1] |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Mandatory Palestine |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
| Coordinates: | 32.9581°N 35.4531°W |
| Grid Name: | Palestine grid |
| Grid Position: | 192/262 |
| Subdivision Type: | Geopolitical entity |
| Subdivision Name: | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdivision Type1: | Subdistrict |
| Subdivision Name1: | Safad |
| Established Title1: | Date of depopulation |
| Established Date1: | May 12, 1948 |
| Established Title2: | Repopulated dates |
| Unit Pref: | dunam |
| Area Total Dunam: | 15,135 |
| Population As Of: | 1945 |
| Population Total: | 310[2] [3] |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Cause(s) of depopulation |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Influence of nearby town's fall |
Al-Sammu'i (Arabic: السموعي) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948, under Operation Hiram. It was located 4 km west of Safad. Today, Kfar Shamai is built on the site of the old village, and Amirim is built on the southern part of the village land.
In 1945, the village had a population of 310.[2] Al-Sammu'i had a mosque and a shrine for a local sage known as al-Shaykh Muhammad al-'Ajami.thumb|right|Al-Sammu'i 1946
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Notes and References
- Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #57. Also gives cause of depopulation
- Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 11
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 71
