Al-Mukhayzin

Al-Mukhayzin
Al-Mukhayzin
Arabic المخيزن
Name meaning Kh. el Mukheizin, the ruin of the storehouses[1]
Subdistrict Ramle
Coordinates 31°48′12″N 34°48′40″E / 31.80333°N 34.81111°E / 31.80333; 34.81111Coordinates: 31°48′12″N 34°48′40″E / 31.80333°N 34.81111°E / 31.80333; 34.81111
Palestine grid 132/134
Population 200[2][3] (1945)
Area 10,942[3] dunams
Date of depopulation April 20, 1948[4]
Cause(s) of depopulation Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current localities Chafetz Chayyim,[5] Revadim,[5] Yad Binyamin,[5] Beyt Chilqiyya[5]

Al-Mukhayzin was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 20, 1948, by the Givati Brigade of Operation Har'el. It was located 10 km southwest of Ramla.

History

In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine noted at Khurbet el Mukheizin: "A large well and birkeh (=artificial pool), of masonry. Several ruined cisterns and a few scattered stones."[6]

British Mandate era

In the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, El Mukheizin had 79 Muslim inhabitants, in a total of 19 houses.[7]

In 1944, Chafetz Chayyim was built on what traditionally was village land.[5]

In 1945 statistics, the village had a population of 200 Muslims,[2] with a land area of 10,942 dunums.[3] Of this, Arabs used 10,936 dunums for cereals,[8] while 6 dunams were classified as non-cultivable areas.[9]

1948, aftermath

Al-Mukhayzin became depopulated after a military assault on April 20, 1948.[4]

Afterwards, Revadim, Yad Binyamin and Beyt Chilqiyya have all been built on village land.[5]

In 1992 the village site was described: "The village has been completely leveled so that only flat, cultivated fields can be seen. There is a mound of stone and debris, about 2.5 m high, at the southern edge of the site. An orange grove has been planted next the mound, also at the southern edge."[10]

References

  1. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 270
  2. 1 2 Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 30
  3. 1 2 3 Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 67
  4. 1 2 Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #263. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Khalidi, 1992, p. 398
  6. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 425
  7. ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 21
  8. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 116
  9. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 166
  10. ↑ Khalidi, 1992, pp. 398-399

Bibliography

  • Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
  • Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
  • 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.

See also

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