Al-Muzayri'a

This article is about the former Palestinian village in Ramle Sub-district. For other uses, see Mazraa (disambiguation).

al-Muzayri'a
المُزيرعة
al-Muzeiri'a
Roman mausoleum, converted into a shrine and mosque dedicated to an-Nabi Yahya ("Prophet John").
Roman mausoleum, converted into a shrine and mosque dedicated to an-Nabi Yahya ("Prophet John").
Etymology: El Mezeirảh, The sown lands[1]
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Muzayri'a (click the buttons)
al-Muzayri'a is located in Mandatory Palestine
al-Muzayri'a
al-Muzayri'a
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°02′57″N 34°56′58″E / 32.04917°N 34.94944°E / 32.04917; 34.94944
Palestine grid145/161
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulation12 July 1948[4]
Area
[2]
 • Total10,822 dunams (10.822 km2 or 4.178 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total1,160[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Israeli forces
Current LocalitiesMazor[5][6] Nechalim[6] El'ad[7]

Al-Muzayri'a (Arabic: المُزيرعة) was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated in 1948. In 1998 the new Israeli city of El'ad was built over the ruins.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 239
  2. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 67
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference DoS1945 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village 210
  5. ^ Morris, 2004, p xxii, settlement # 98
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Khalidi399 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Jakoel, 2017, Elʽad