Al-Zuq al-Tahtani

Al-Zuq al-Tahtani
الزوق التحتاني
Village
Residents of al-Zuk al-Tahtani seen from a Palmach convoy. 1947.
Residents of al-Zuk al-Tahtani seen from a Palmach convoy. 1947.
Etymology: the lower Zuk (Zuk is a Syriac word meaning "town", or "village")[1]
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Al-Zuq al-Tahtani is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Zuq al-Tahtani
Al-Zuq al-Tahtani
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°12′54″N 35°36′04″E / 33.21500°N 35.60111°E / 33.21500; 35.60111
Palestine grid205/291
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulationMay 11, 1948[4]
Area
 • Total11,634 dunams (11.634 km2 or 4.492 sq mi)
Population
 (1948)
 • Total1,050[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall
Current LocalitiesBeyt Hillel[5]

Al-Zuq al-Tahtani was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 11, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 30 km northeast of Safad.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 38
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 11
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.71 Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #9. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 510