Indur

Indur
إندور/عين دور
Endor
Village
Indur in the 1890s.
Indur in the 1890s.
Etymology: Endor[1]
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Indur is located in Mandatory Palestine
Indur
Indur
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°38′11″N 35°22′53″E / 32.63639°N 35.38139°E / 32.63639; 35.38139
Palestine grid186/227
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictNazareth
Date of depopulation24 May 1948[3]
Area
 • Total12,444 dunams (12.4 km2 or 4.8 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total620[2]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary causeInfluence of nearby town's fall
Current LocalitiesNone

Indur (Arabic: إندور) was a Palestinian village, located 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi) southeast of Nazareth. Its name preserves that of ancient Endor, a Canaanite city state thought to have been located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the northeast.[4] The village was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and its inhabitants became refugees, some of whom were internally displaced. In Israel today, there are a few thousand internally displaced Palestinians who hail from Indur, and continue to demand their right of return.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 161
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 8
  3. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #110. Also gives causes of depopulation.
  4. ^ Mazar, 1971, p. 318.