Al-Maghar
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| Al-Maghar | |
 Al-Maghar
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| Arabic | |
| Sub-district | Ramla |
| Coordinates | 31°50′18.65″N 34°46′56.10″E / 31.8385139°N 34.78225°ECoordinates: 31°50′18.65″N 34°46′56.10″E / 31.8385139°N 34.78225°E |
| Population | 1,740 (1945) |
| Area | |
| Date of depopulation | 18 May 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Beit Elazari |
al-Maghar was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Ramla. It was depopulated by the Givati Brigade during Operation Barak on 18 May 1948. It was located 12 km southwest of Ramla, situated north of Wadi al-Maghar.
In 1945 it had a population of 1,740. It had an elementary school for boys, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 170 students.
In the eighth century, the village was the birthplace of the Islamic jurist Abu al-Hasan Muhammad al-Maghari.
The Battle of Mughar Ridge between British and Ottoman forces in the First World War was fought in the environs of this village.
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, 2004, p xix village #256. Also gives cause of 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.
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