Abu Shusha, Haifa

Abu Shusha
أبو شوشة
Children in Abu Shusha
Children in Abu Shusha
Etymology: The father of the tuft[1]
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1940s with modern overlay map
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Abu Shusha is located in Mandatory Palestine
Abu Shusha
Abu Shusha
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°36′51″N 35°08′17″E / 32.61417°N 35.13806°E / 32.61417; 35.13806
Palestine grid163/224
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulation9–10 April 1948[2]
Area
 • Total8,960 dunams (9 km2 or 3 sq mi)
Population
 (1948)
 • Total835
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesMishmar HaEmek

Abu Shusha (Arabic: أبو شوشة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on 9 April 1948 during the Battle of Mishmar HaEmek. The village was inhabited by Turkmens.[3]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 142
  2. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #152. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  3. ^ Marom, Roy; Tepper, Yotam; Adams, Matthew J. (2024-01-03). "Al-Lajjun: a Social and geographic account of a Palestinian Village during the British Mandate Period". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies: 18. doi:10.1080/13530194.2023.2279340.