Khan al-Duwayr

Khan al-Duwayr
خان الدوير
Village
Etymology: Khân ed Duweir, the caravanserai of the little convent or circle[1]
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Khan al-Duwayr is located in Mandatory Palestine
Khan al-Duwayr
Khan al-Duwayr
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°14′22″N 35°40′19″E / 33.23944°N 35.67194°E / 33.23944; 35.67194
Palestine grid213/293
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulationNot known[3]
Population
 (1931)
 • Total137[2]

Khan al-Duwayr (Arabic: خان الدوير) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 30, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 35 km northeast of Safad. The ruins of the village were overbuilt by the Israeli kibbutz of Snir.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 26
  2. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 107
  3. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village # 390. Also gives both the date and cause for depopulation as "Not known"