Al-Zuq Al-Tahtani
History
In 1875, Victor Guérin noted it south of Al-Zuq al-Fawqani, but with lesser important ruins. 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".
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.
In the 1945 statistics, the village had a total population of 1,050 Muslims, with a total of 11,634 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, Arabs used 5,547 for plantations and irrigable land, 2,145 dunums were for cereals; while a 39 dunams were classified as built-up, urban areas.
1948, aftermath
It became depopulated on May 11, 1948, in the aftermath of Operation Broom.
In 1950 the re-established Beyt Hillel was expanded to include Al-Zuq al-Tahtani land.
References
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 38
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 11
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.71 Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #9. Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 510
- ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 534
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 90
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 111
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 121 Archived 2018-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 171 Archived 2018-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Morris, 2004, pp. 250-251
Bibliography
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- Guérin, V. (1880). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 3: Galilee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center. Archived from the original on 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
- Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Morris, B. (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
- Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
External links
- Welcome To al-Zuq al-Tahtani
- al-Zuq at-Tahtani, Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- al-Zuq al-Tahtani from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
- Al-Zuq al-Tahtani, Dr. Khalil Rizk.
