Al-Ashrafiyya
الأشرفية Ashrafiya[1] | |
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  Al-Ashrafiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°28′12″N 35°28′17″E / 32.47000°N 35.47139°E | |
| Palestine grid | 194/208 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Baysan |
| Date of depopulation | May 12, 1948[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,711 dunams (6.711 km2 or 2.591 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 230[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current Localities | Sheluhot,[4][5] Reshafim[4][6] |
Al-Ashrafiyya (Arabic: الأشرفية), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 4.5 km southwest of Baysan.
The village was depopulated on May 12, 1948, during Operation Gideon. The village was completely destroyed and the inhabitants fled to Jordan.
- ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #127. Also gives cause of depopulation, with a "?"
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
- ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 44
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xx, settlement #2
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xx, settlement #3