Bayt Daras

Bayt Daras
بيت دراس
Beit Daras, Baydarās-Badarās, Dāris[1] Bethduras[2]
Old structure from Bayt Daras, presently in Azrikam
Old structure from Bayt Daras, presently in Azrikam
Etymology: "The house of treading corn"[3]
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Bayt Daras (click the buttons)
Bayt Daras is located in Mandatory Palestine
Bayt Daras
Bayt Daras
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°43′24″N 34°40′58″E / 31.72333°N 34.68278°E / 31.72333; 34.68278
Palestine grid120/125
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictGaza
Date of depopulationMay 11, 1948[6]
Area
[5]
 • Total16,357 dunams (16.357 km2 or 6.315 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total2,750[4][5]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesGiv'ati[7][8] Emunim[8] Azrikam[8]

Bayt Daras (Arabic: بيت دراس) was a Palestinian Arab town located 46 kilometers (29 mi) northeast of Gaza[9][10] and approximately 50 meters (160 ft) above sea level. The village was depopulated and destroyed during the 1948 Palestine war, as part of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and the Nakba.[8]

  1. ^ Sharon, 1999, p. 229
  2. ^ Ellenblum, 2003, p. XX
  3. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 266
  4. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
  5. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45
  6. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #282, Also gives cause of depopulation.
  7. ^ Morris, 2004, p.xxi, settlement #65, 1949-1950
  8. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference Khalidi87 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Baroud 2010, p. 3.
  10. ^ Ageel 2016, p. 6.