Dayr Muhaysin
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| Dayr Muhaysin | |
 Dayr Muhaysin
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| Arabic | |
| Sub-district | Ramla |
| Coordinates | 31°49′37.30″N 34°55′55.95″E / 31.827028°N 34.9322083°ECoordinates: 31°49′37.30″N 34°55′55.95″E / 31.827028°N 34.9322083°E |
| Population | 460 (1945) |
| Area | |
| Date of depopulation | April 6, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Beqoa' |
Dayr Muhaysin was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Ramla located 12 km southeast of Ramla and 4 km west of Latrun. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 6, 1948 during Operation Nachshon.
In 1945 the village had a population of 460.
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, 2004, p.xx, village #327. Also gives cause for depopulation
[edit] Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html
- Khalidi, Walid (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
- Morris, Benny (2004), The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6, http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q
[edit] External links
- Welcome To Dayr Muhaysin
- Dayr Muhaysin, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center
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